Articles tagged: Drink Driving
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.
