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Queensland considering .0.2 blood alcohol limit

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Police breath testing

The Queensland government is considering lowering the state’s legal blood alcohol limit for motorists to .02. Two countries to have already established a .02 blood-alcohol limit are Norway and Sweden. Both nations have the lowest road toll rates in the world. For the full story please visit themotorreport.com.au

Anti hoon laws to crush cars

Monday, January 25th, 2010

 Anti Hoon laws

The proposal from the Victorian government where repeat offenders will have their cars crushed if a driver owns the car and has two previous offences for crimes such as exceeding the speed limit by 45km/h or more, drag racing, burnouts or dangerous driving. for the full story please visit caradvice.com.au

Fake Police combat NSW speeding

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

NSW Police Car

Five decommissioned highway patrol cars have been used by New South Wales police to try to encourage good driving behaviour. A police spokeswoman said members of the Southern Region Highway Patrol thought “instead of keeping them in a car park before they get sold we’ll put them on the side of the road [so they can] act as a deterrent”. For the full story please visit drive.com.au