This may seem a bit out of the blue, but I figured, being who we are, we had to make a statement regarding the RCMP Corporal Benjamin Montgomery (Monty) Robinson case.

Last year, Cpl Robinson was involved in an accident in Tsawwassen B.C. As I understand the circumstances, immediately after the accident, involving a motorcyclist who did not survive, Cpl Robinson gave his drivers license to a nearby witness, left the scene of the accident, took a couple of shots of vodka, then returned to the scene of accident. Once the police arrived, Cpl Robinson was given a breathalyzer test, and failed. The Delta police who investigated the accident recommended charges of impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death. The Crown disagreed, and is laying a charge of attempted obstruction of justice

Does this make sense to you? Lets just go over this again one more time.

RCMP officer kills man on motorcycle, before police arrives shoots back a couple, then gets off because there's no proof that he was impaired before he took the shots.

It occurs to me that an RCMP officer wouldn't be inclined to drink before the police arrived for fear of looking like he was impaired behind the wheel. It further occurs to me that an RCMP officer would be aware that this tactic is commonly used by impaired drivers in order to get off of impaired driving charges.

Now I really didn't want to advertise methods by which drivers can avoid charges. The Beer Guys don't encourage drinking and driving. I'm bringing this to light here to spotlight the methods by which a man is getting away with killing another man and seems to me he should be doing time. As a motorcyclist myself, this story has offended me on a few different levels. Motorcyclists generally know that we are very exposed out there and we have to be more careful than other people on the road. Usually the ones that do get into accidents are riding a bit dumb, but also they are the first to be pointed at in cases where they cause the accident. I don't see that here. As a matter of fact I haven't heard much about the accident other than Cpl Robinson acting terribly inappropriately, as far as anyone knows the motorcyclist was following the rules of the road at the time.

This is a terrible injustice. The Beer Guys would like to point at the fact that when you drink and drive, you become a weapon pointed at your neighbors, friends, and family. We sincerely hope justice can be served in this case, and that the loophole allowing people to get away with killing other people on the road is closed. I think perhaps a stiff jail term for people who drink between the time of the accident and the arrival of police is in order. Lets keep the precious art of beer tasting out of the drivers seat, it's to hard to concentrate on hops during left turns anyways.

Our thanks go out to Christy Clark for bring the attention of people across Canada to bear on this case.