{"id":5063,"date":"2026-01-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/?p=7519320"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:00:19","slug":"vernon-drunk-drivers-ride-home-also-impaired-rcmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/5063\/vernon-drunk-drivers-ride-home-also-impaired-rcmp\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon drunk driver&#8217;s ride home also impaired: RCMP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vernon RCMP call it a &#8220;case of extremely poor judgment, times two.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers were called to a car accident at around 9:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, in the intersection of Meadowlark Road and Pleasant Valley Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one was hurt, but one of the drivers failed a breath test and she was hit with a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and her car was impounded for 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happened next surprised police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The person she called to come give her a ride was also impaired and failed a roadside screening test and was also handed a 90-day licence suspension and their vehicle was impounded for 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt might seem a bit comical at first, but it isn\u2019t at all,&#8221; Vernon RCMP media relations officer Const. Chris Terleski said in a media release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Impaired driving can have serious and real consequences. Get it right the first time.&nbsp;Don\u2019t drink and drive and plan for a safe, sober, ride home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d44923.98544367087!2d-119.27588755886653!3d50.30897826661382!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x537e77e67191f7d5%3A0xcac64f4316654c47!2sPleasant%20Valley%20Rd%20%26%20Meadowlark%20Rd%2C%20North%20Okanagan%2C%20BC%20V1B%203S8!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1769625309061!5m2!1sen!2sca\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt might seem a bit comical at first, but it isn\u2019t at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":362,"featured_media":5064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1285,492,493],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-5063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"post_modified":"2026-01-28T10:00:19","post_modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:00:19","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-hd-mediaitemid40550-9604_27a111.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5063"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=5063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}