Starting today, tough new laws apply to drink driving offences.
These include:
• Mid-range drink drivers will be ordered by the Court to spend at least three months off the road and will now need to have an alcohol interlock installed in their vehicles for at least 12 months.
• Police will now have the power to take number plates or vehicle on the spot off repeat, high risk drink drivers.
The NRMA recently released Still Smashed? in the midst of the Christmas party season to remind revellers of the risk of drink driving. The report found that almost one-quarter (23%) of drinkers believed they were still over the legal limit the next morning and an alarming one-in-four (27%) of those still got behind the wheel.
During this Christmas party season please ensure you have a Plan B for the next morning.
- Download: Still Smashed?
