Rushing wife to hospital costs man 10 demerit points, massive fine

When his pregnant wife started bleeding onto the car seat, David Weber knew he was in trouble.

The couple was driving home from Winnipeg on March 21 when Genevieve Weber, who was eight months pregnant, suddenly went into labour.

Panicked because his wife had a C-section scheduled later in the week following complications during her last pregnancy, the father-to-be had one thought in mind: get to the hospital.

Weber floored the gas pedal. But along the way he was stopped twice by two separate RCMP officers, issued hundreds of dollars in speeding tickets and had 10 demerit points taken off.

Now the 32-year-old is scheduled to lose his licence for five months starting Saturday, and is fighting the provincial government for the right to drive.
 
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