Breathalyser laws in the NT - be careful

I agree with the article.
This law is stupid and is unjust.
Yes police need time to take an offender from the scene to the police for an evidentially breath test. In other words to transport them.
But to breath test someone that has gone home had dinner and a couple of wines then for them to say they were driving with the prescribed amount is farcical to say te least.

This law came into place because many bleep drivers run off from the scene of an accident and head home to hide (quite often leaving their injured passengers or others to die at the scene). Many then claim they have been drinking alcohol in the mean time to escape the law. It was a loop hole and it's been closed. NT are just years behind everyone else. Why, after being involved in an accident and not drinking, would you leave the scene and go home or elsewhere to drink?. Better to wait for the coppers in the first place. Been law in Victoria and every other state for years.

I reckon the shiela in the article will have a tough time beating it. What they're probably not telling you is that there were witnesses, grog in the car, she bleep off, long history etc etc which is why the cioppers went looking for her in the first place.

"So that people can now be charged even if there is evidence they were sober at the time of an alleged traffic incident, but then drank alcohol in the following four hours."

You'd probably do well to have a look at a few cases in states where the law has been in place for years. You'll find out that there are defences. Witness evidence of sobriety is not mentioned in that ABC article at all.

Lawyer will be happy, he's making his thousands of $.

My 2 cents worth. Mick.

Hi Slammin', I worked in the Motor Insurance over 10 years ago and we used to see a few of these. Stack the car on the way home from drinking. Do a runner and go home or to a pub and have another beer and then claim that you were sober/under the limit at the time of accident. This used to cost all of us in higher insurance premiums. Good to see the NT moving into line on this.

Its simple, you make leaving the scene of an accident a bigger fine so people generally don't.

I mean are they trying to find out who caused the accident or a scape goat!

If the evidence is not there then the evidence is not there!


But if they leave the scene, charge them for that & big!

Really whats the world coming too if you can get charged on hear say!

As I said, make the fine for leaving the scene huge. Deal with the evidence not some made up c**p -

Pity, it will take average joe whos done nothing wrong, mega money to defend this sort of charge - what happen to innocent unless proven?

& those you agree on the "new law", next time you have a bingle, go have a drink!

your absolutely correct Slammin.

It should be that if your bleep and can hide from cops for more than a couple of hours after a bingle-your home free!

NO EXCUSES
Just don't Drink and then Drive ....simple .

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