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Drink Driving

Police car hit by drunk driver three times over the limit

Being caught drink driving over the long weekend is risky enough, but for this 57 year old man things couldn’t have gotten worse when he was not only caught three times over the limit behind the wheel, but he also crashed into a parked police car. Luckily no one was in the parked vehicle but police witnessed the crash and charged him with high-range drink driving after a breath analysis of 0.162. Drink driving is a serious offence and may attract heavy fines, licence suspensions and/or jail sentences.Dring...

Posted on 
April 27, 2019
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Sydney Criminal Defence and Traffic Lawyers
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Drink driving – The facts

As the name suggests drink driving is when you drive while under the influence of alcohol. Alcohol seriously impairs your ability to react quickly, make good judgments, and drive as well as you might normally. Driving while over the alcohol limit is illegal, and you will be fined, gain demerit points, and potentially even lose your license if you’re caught. It also puts you, your passengers, other people on the roads and pedestrians at risk – of injury or even death. People might drink and drive for a number of...

Posted on 
May 21, 2018
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Drink driving mothers crack down

Assistant Commissioner of NSW Police Michael Corboy has revealed police officers are targeting school pick up and drop off times to catch drink-driving mothers. The crackdown comes after nine NSW women in the past three months alone were arrested and charged with drink driving with children in the backseat. “What that indicates to me is that they have complete disregard for what they have been drinking,” Commissioner Corboy told 60 Minutes reporter Allison Langdon. “Complete disregard for the law and complete...

Posted on 
May 7, 2018
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Sydney Criminal Defence and Traffic Lawyers
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Minimum penalty for very high-range New Years’ Eve drink driving

Our client was charged with driving with high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol aggravated by an extraordinarily high reading. He had been celebrating at a New Years’ Eve party. We submitted that our client’s act was out of tomfoolery more than anything else. He received a $1000 fine and the minimum disqualification period.

Posted on 
April 11, 2014
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Sydney Criminal Defence and Traffic Lawyers
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Licence returned on appeal for night-before drink driving offence

Our client was a middle-aged school teacher charged with mid-range drink driving after having drinks at a family occasion on the previous night. He was convicted and sentenced to the mandatory minimum 6 month licence disqualification period. He instructed us that he required his licence to assist his special needs students complete extracurricular activities, so we managed to achieve an urgent appeal listing within 2 weeks. On appeal, we persuaded the judge to deal with the matter by way of a section 10 no conviction, and our client’s licence was returned.

Posted on 
April 3, 2014
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Sydney Criminal Defence and Traffic Lawyers
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