{"id":24801,"date":"2014-09-04T21:33:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T13:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24801"},"modified":"2014-09-04T19:12:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T11:12:27","slug":"sgi-asked-to-consider-appeal-for-work-trucks-seized-for-distracted-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/04\/sgi-asked-to-consider-appeal-for-work-trucks-seized-for-distracted-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"SGI asked to consider appeal for work trucks seized for distracted driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shutterstock_147692219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24802\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shutterstock_147692219.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_147692219\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shutterstock_147692219.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shutterstock_147692219-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>REGINA\u2014The provincial government has asked Saskatchewan Government Insurance to consider an appeal mechanism for vehicles impounded due to violations of distracted driving laws.<\/p>\n<p>The request is a response to a complaint from a Saskatoon businessman who had one of his company vehicles impounded after an employee was caught using his cell phone while driving for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>SGI Minister Don McMorris says employers are still responsible in such cases, but says when it\u2019s someone\u2019s income at stake, there should at least be a chance to get the vehicle back in two or three days instead of seven.<\/p>\n<p>McMorris says he\u2019s also talking just about working vehicles such as gravel trucks.<\/p>\n<p>He says if it\u2019s a car or a simple truck involved, the vehicle can always be replaced by a rental.<\/p>\n<p>As of late June when new traffic safety laws came into effect, there are three different types of vehicle impoundment\u2014driving drunk, driving with a suspended licence, and engaging in high-risk driving, which includes distracted driving.<\/p>\n<p>People can appeal an impoundment if their vehicle was reported stolen or if continued impoundment would pose a serious threat to a person\u2019s health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REGINA\u2014The provincial government has asked Saskatchewan Government Insurance to consider an appeal mechanism for vehicles impounded due to violations of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}