Drink Driving
Crackdown on roads
Colac and district motorists were mostly on their best behaviour during the Easter long weekend, with police only detecting four drink drivers across the region.
Costly mistake for drink driver on the coast
The decision to drink and drive has become an expensive experience for a Heidelberg man who must take Ubers to work for the next five months.
Police catch erratic driver
An Irrewillipe man will be off the road for a year after police caught him driving erratically while three times over the legal blood alcohol limit.
Busy weekend for police
Motorists have mainly behaved on Colac district roads over the long weekend, with police detecting one drink driver after hundreds of tests.
Drunk driver suspended
An Apollo Bay man who drove his car at more than four times the legal blood alcohol limit to get a packet of cigarettes will not drive for the next 21 months.
Police cracking down on drink and speed
Colac police breath tested more than 1600 motorists across the long weekend, detecting two drink drivers, in a busy period on the region’s roads.
Loss of licence for man caught drink driving
A man who moved to Colac to support his family in Vanuatu will ride his bike to work for the next 19 months after blowing almost four times the legal limit.
Drunk driver off the road
A motorist is off the road after recording a blood-alcohol level seven times the legal limit north-west of Colac.