Interesting story about a lawyer who was charged with impaired driving. The former prez of the Law Society is now facing disciplinary measures.

His story is interesting: he says the reason he hid an open beer can in the car of a Good Samaritan who stopped to help him because he didn't want the can to spill in his own car while it was being towed.

He also says the rank smell of beer in his car is due to the spillage of a hundred or so cans he was going to bring to recycling. One wonders why he was so concerned about one hundred and one.

The mouthwash he had in his car, he claims was for first aid purposes. What sort of first aid use does mouthwash have anyway?

Perhaps most alarming is his allegation that he wasn't drunk driving home even though he'd had a combination of whisky and beer. His story is that it would not yet have had time to hit his bloodstream. If that actually became a viable defence to drunk driving, there would be serious trouble because it's awfully hard to prove when beer actually reaches your bloodstream.

Still, because of some RCMP mishaps, the guy didn't actually get charged with impaired driving. But he does risk disciplinary measures.