Drink Driving Offences

Drink Driving Offences are considered "Major Offences" under the law, and attract heavy fines, periods of licence disqualification and possibly terms of imprisonment. The main factors taken into account in determining what specific offence you are charged with and how you are dealt with by the Courts are,

• The level of prescribed concentration of alcohol in your blood commonly referred to as "PCA".
• Whether you have been convicted of a similar offence in the past.
• Your personal circumstances.
• The circumstances as to why you chose to drive after drinking and any aggravating factors surrounding the commission of the offence.

For specific details of each type of drink driving offence, select to related link for,

• "High Range PCA", a reading of your blood concentration of 0.15 or above.
• "Mid Range PCA", a reading of your blood concentration between 0.08 and less than 0.15.
• "Low Range PCA", a reading of your blood concentration between 0.05 and less than 0.08.
• "Novice Range PCA", a reading of your blood concentration over 0.0

How you are dealt with by the Court will depend on how your case is presented to the Magistrate when you appear in the Local Court . Instructing a Solicitor to act on your behalf will ensure that all available options are canvassed with you to ensure that you obtain the best outcome, and more importantly to advise you of your options if the Magistrate acted unreasonably with respect to your case.

A common trap for many offenders is that they represent themselves and believe they obtained a good outcome from the Magistrate, where in fact they failed to request a Court to take a particular course available to them at that time. Then down the track another offence is committed and the opportunities previously available are no longer an option.

The consequences of a driver disqualified from driving for any length of period can significantly impact on a persons employment and consequently pay their mortgage and support their family. Obtaining expert legal advice and representation is highly recommended even for minor driving offences.

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