Drink Driving

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • News from the Colac Magistrates’ Court

    The latest news from the Colac Magistrates’ Court including multiple drink drivers and a sex offender.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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