Articles tagged: Drink Driving
Sky-high reading in Colac collision
A Colac P-plater was still almost six times over the blood-alcohol limit hours after crashing his vehicle, a court has heard.
New year drive ends in 13-month licence ban
An Apollo Bay woman who wanted to start the new year in her own bed won’t be driving for the next year after she was caught at nearly three times over the legal blood alcohol limit.
Drink driver off the roads
A Colac man who refused to give a blood sample to police following a motorbike crash won’t be driving for two years after being charged with drink driving.
Ban for five times over limit
A two-year licence disqualification has been handed down to a Colac woman after she was caught at more than five times the legal blood alcohol limit.
Magistrate convicts Colac drink driver
A Colac man has the next two years to think about his alcohol consumption after he was caught driving at almost three times the legal alcohol limit.
Probationary driver busted for high speed, drink driving
A Timboon probationary driver caught travelling at more than 30 kilometres an hour above the speed limit was also caught at more than double the legal blood alcohol limit for a fully licenced driver.
Professor blows 0.23 reading
A university professor who was caught recklessly driving at more than four times the legal blood-alcohol limit has been fined more than $2000 and lost his licence for two years and three months.
Two-year driving ban for drunken motorist
“If your drinking gets so bad that you’re brought into the criminal justice system, that’s a wake-up call.”
PATROLS UP: Colac police targeting “alarming” drink-driving rise
Colac Highway Patrol has labelled the weekend of wet and wintry weather a “blessing”, with little-to-no incidents across the long weekend.
Father off the roads for drink-drive crash
A Colac father who was more than twice the legal blood-alcohol limit when he crashed with an unrestrained toddler in the front seat has avoided jail.
Highway patrollers slam district drink driving
Drink drivers, drug drivers, speedsters and unlicensed drivers have raised concerns for Colac Highway Patrol officers during the Labour Day long weekend.
Magistrate warns driver of prison potential
A lawyer has described his Camperdown client as “incredibly stupid” for an accident that flipped his car and put him at risk of a jail sentence.
News from the Colac Magistrates’ Court
The latest news from the Colac Magistrates' Court including multiple drink drivers and a sex offender.
Lucky escape for drink driver
A Cobden father has escaped a jail sentence for a drink driving accident near Geelong, which a magistrate says he was lucky to walk away from.
No conviction for drink driving mum
A Colac district mother who drove to collect her child from school after drinking wine, blew more than three times the legal limit but received a fine without conviction.
Drink driver off the roads
A driver who hit two cars and blew almost three times the legal alcohol limit must find another way to get to work for the next 14 months.
No conviction for Chapple Vale camp crash
A 23-year-old man has avoided a criminal conviction for a drink-driving crash that threw his best friend from a vehicle, trapping him under it on New Years Eve.
Six-year wait for drink-driver
A Melbourne man has been sentenced for a drink driving incident from almost six years ago.
No conviction for drunk p-plater
A court magistrate says she faced one of her hardest sentencing exercises when deciding the fate of a 22-year-old man who recklessly got behind the wheel of a car after hours of drinking and drug taking, driving four friends around the south-west before crashing.
Unlicensed drink-driver receives correction order
A Colac father caught driving without a licence at more than four times the legal alcohol limit has avoided jail time.
Operation Roadwise targets drivers
Police have caught drivers committing more than 200 offences on Colac Otway and the Surf Coast over Christmas, and the targeted road safety campaign will continue into 2024.
Drunk driver jailed for causing fatal collision
A 26-year-old Irish man will spend the next eight years in prison following a fatal collision which claimed the life of a 19-year-old man in Cobden last year.
Five times over, four-year lesson
A Colac man who crashed while riding an e-scooter at more than five times the legal alcohol limit has learnt his lesson about e-scooter rules, losing his driver’s licence for four years.
Erratic driver blows three times the limit
A Warrnambool man was allegedly driving with a blood-alcohol level almost three times over the limit when he was caught just after 10am Sunday morning.
