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Canada is Boring

The DUI King

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Roy Hyde has been convicted 21 times for drunk driving, making him Canada's DUI king.
The episode begins with hosts Rhys Waters and Jesse Harley introducing themselves and their show, 'Canada is Boring,' where Rhys, a Welsh immigrant, teaches Jesse, an apathetic Canadian, about Canadian topics. They share casual stories, including Rhys's son's mishap with a water bottle and wasp attacks in Invermere. The main topic is Roy Hyde, a 66-year-old from British Columbia convicted 21 times for drunk driving, with four lifetime driving bans. Hyde's recent conviction in August 2022 involved fleeing a motorcycle crash while drunk, with a passenger injured. His blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Hyde has a long history dating back to the late 1990s, including incidents like hitting a woman with a brown Cadillac in 2001 and fleeing. Despite multiple prison sentences, he continues to drive drunk, raising questions about deterrents and justice system failures. The hosts note that one-third of drunk driving offenses are by repeat offenders, often due to anti-authority mindsets. Hyde was featured in a Mennonite magazine in 2005 after joining a church, but he continued to offend. The episode includes ad breaks for Total Wine & More and VerboCare. Later, the hosts discuss podcasting strategies, debating whether to copy another podcast's sticker campaign, and end with a quiz about Hyde. They also preview premium content about parliamentary spending at Tim Hortons.

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A repeat DUI story veers through injury, century math, ad breaks, and one regrettable breakfast.

Canada's DUI king plays as a grim comedy about repeat impaired driving, centered on a Vancouver Island man whose court history began in the late 1990s, led to several convictions, and, by the hosts' account, left people hurt without killing anyone.

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Want a dark DUI story that veers from Vancouver Island convictions into century math and a $5 Tim Hortons breakfast?

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