Driving Law Episode 446: Supreme Court Clarifies Police Entry onto Private Property + Tesla Self-Driving Risks

About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on police entry onto private property and explores various driving law issues including distracted driving and vehicle safety.

This week on Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko break down the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R v Singer, addressing when police can enter private property without a warrant. The Court held that police may enter property for the purpose of communicating with an occupant, but not for gathering evidence—drawing a difficult and highly fact-specific distinction that will shape future impaired driving investigations. The episode also explores a recent case involving a driver attempting to overturn a guilty plea for distracted driving due to misunderstanding demerit points, and what the Court of Appeal had to say about collateral consequences. Plus, a discussion on vehicle safety and whether crash testing has historically failed to account for women, and a Ridiculous Driver of the Week involving a Tesla driver allegedly asleep behind the wheel using self-driving mode. Check out the "Lawyer Told Me Not To Talk To You" T-shirts and hoodies at Lawyertoldme.com and "Sit Still Jackson" at sitstilljackson.com.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyla Lee, Paul Doroshenko

Topics covered

• police entry onto private property
• impaired driving investigations
• distracted driving
• vehicle safety
• Tesla self-driving risks

Keywords

• Supreme Court
• police entry
• impaired driving
• distracted driving
• Tesla
• self-driving
• vehicle safety
• demerit points

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court of Canada

Products: Tesla

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