Traffic Law

Testicles May Have Caused Symptoms After Crash, Not Drugs

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A NSW judge who sentenced a man to a minimum of more than two years prison for causing a fatal car crash, says she could not be certain that illegal drugs caused his erratic driving, despite a blood test establishing...

Anti-Woman Movement Appears to Have Incited Toronto Attack

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Alek Minassian ploughed a rented van into pedestrians along a 2 kilometre stretch of road in North Toronto on April 23. The 25-year-old college student killed 10 people and injured 14 more, in what witnesses said was a purposeful attack. Described...

Cameras to Soon Detect Illegal Mobile Phone Use

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The New South Wales Government will be trialling high-tech cameras which they say are capable of detecting illegal mobile phone use from as far as a kilometre away, and issuing fines without drivers being aware. Premier Gladys Berejiklian is calling...

Another ‘Wicked’ Campervan Banned

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Wicked Campers has had yet another of its vans banned by Ad Standards, but its vans continue to attract anger on the streets. The most recent slogan to come before Ad Standards was painted similarly to a Dr Suess book,...

NSW Police Set to Harass Traffic Offenders at their Homes

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New South Wales police officers will be randomly “visiting” the homes of traffic offenders as part of a strategy which police commissioner Mick Fuller claims is designed to deter them from reoffending. Knock knock, it’s police Mr Fuller has directed...

How Parking Fines Can Lead to Prison

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One of our state’s leading law reform bodies is concerned that government-sanctioned fines are “disproportionately affecting” vulnerable people, and is calling for an end to the “vicious cycle” of debt and unfair disadvantage for the poor. A report by the...

Government to Introduce Tougher Road Rules

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The New South Wales Government is setting harsher penalties for drink and drug affected drivers. Twenty-eight people died on NSW roads during the 2017-2018 summer holiday period - more than double the previous year. And 2017 was the third year...

Police Help Teens Learn to Drive

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It’s not often we hear good news stories about police officers these days - with recent headlines dominated by reports of ‘bad cops’, bullying, police corruption and misconduct, right around Australia. But in an act of goodwill, officers in the...

Cocaine Testing May Lead to Fairer Drug Driving Laws

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NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on January 15 that the state government will be toughening  drug driving penalties and increasing the number of mobile drug tests (MDTs), which is concerning to many given that the current regime is fundamentally flawed. NSW police...

NSW Drivers Will Be Tested For Cocaine

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With the New South Wales road toll at its highest in eight years, the state government is introducing tough new measures including doubling the number of mobile drug tests (MDTs) and adding cocaine to the list of tested substances. 397...
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