Tag Archives: drink driving

Riding a horse while drunk suggested by Montana officials

The Montana Department of Transport (MDT) has sparked controversy with its latest safety campaign that suggests riding a horse home after drinking as an alternative to driving a car. Although the advertisement is more tongue-in-cheek than anythi

Young Australians driving after boozy nights: report

Almost half of Australia’s young drivers admit to driving the morning after a night of heavy drinking, according to the results of a new survey. The AAMI Young Drivers Index surveyed about 3000 young people aged 18 to 24, and revealed 46 percent

Alcohol ignition interlocks for Queensland’s drink drivers

New laws introduced in Queensland today will force high-risk drink drivers to pay for alcohol ignition interlock systems to be installed in their vehicles. The interlock devices will be fitted to the vehicles of drivers who: refuse a breath test o

Man loses licence drink driving in pink Barbie car

Straight from the "are you serious?" files, a UK man has been banned from driving for three years after being caught drunk behind the wheel of...a toy pink Barbie car. Paul Hutton, 40, a former RAF aeronautical engineer, had been tinkering wit

Queensland Drink-drivers to pay for Alcohol Interlocks

Repeat drink-drivers, drivers who refuse to be tested or first time offenders caught with a reading above 0.15 will soon have to pay for alcohol interlocks to be installed in their cars under new rules passed by Queensland Parliament today. Th

P-plate driver records BAC reading 19 times legal limit

21 year old Canberra P-plate driver Joanne Gross has recorded one of Australia's highest ever blood-alocohol readings - a staggering 0.385 per cent. The result, 19 times the legal Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit for a P-plate driver in the