Driving does not drink, drinking does not drive! Since today, Victoria has officially imposed the strictest penalty for drunken driving! In the past, we all thought that drinking a bottle of beer would not be penalized driving, in fact, please refer to the alcohol content at the end of the comparison chart!
Previously in Victoria, first-time drunk drivers and drivers with alcohol levels between 0.05 and 0.07 were penalized only by a "fine deduction" and a serious license could be suspended from (license suspended). But from today, April 30, as long as the alcohol level exceeds 0.05 (drunk driving), the driver's license will be cancelled (license cancelled)!
The difference between "driver's license suspended" and "driver's license cancelled":
If your driver's license or trainee license is suspended, you can't drive for a certain period of time (for example, three months). After this period of time, your driver's license or trainee license is automatically restored and you can continue driving.
If your driver's license or trainee license is cancelled, you won't be able to drive for a longer period of time (for example, 12 months). After this time, you must apply to VicRoads for a driver's license or trainee permit. But you might have to get a Licence Eligibility Order. from Magistrates' Court first.
To get your driver's license back, you have to accept a fully mandatory "Drink Driver Program" and install the (alcohol interlock)., an alcohol chain device, in the car.
At present, the penalties for drunk driving in Victoria are already very severe!
The details are as follows:
First, first drunk driving caught on or after 1 October 2014:
1. Drivers with an alcohol content of 0 / 0. 05 as a trainee or internship:
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
No driving for three months;
The car is equipped with alcohol chain equipment for at least 6 months.
2, all-brand drivers with alcohol levels of 0 / 0. 05:
Fines;
Ten points off.
(3) drivers with a alcohol content of 0.05 / 0.07 and over 26 years of age who were not previously required to have a zero alcohol content:
Fines;
Ten points off.
(4) A driver with an alcohol content of 0.05 / 0.07 for a probationary or internship period, a full driver under the age of 26, who was previously required to be a full driver with a zero alcohol content:
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
(B) A ban on driving for six months;
The car is equipped with alcohol chain equipment for at least 6 months.
5. All drivers with alcohol content of 0.07 / 0.10:
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
(B) A ban on driving for six months;
The car is equipped with alcohol chain equipment for at least 6 months.
6. All drivers with an alcohol content of 0.10 / 0.15:
To appear before the court;
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
(B) A ban on driving for 10 months and 14 months;
The car is equipped with alcohol chain equipment for at least 6 months.
7. All drivers with an alcohol content of 0.15 or above:
To appear before the court;
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
No driving for 15 months;
The car is equipped with alcohol chain equipment for at least 6 months.
Second, repeat and repeated drunk driving drivers:
1. During the second drink drive, the alcohol content was less than 0.15:
To appear before the court;
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
No driving, time to be decided by the court;
The installation of alcohol chain equipment in the car, the time to be determined by the court.
2. During the second drink drive, alcohol content was higher than 0.15:
To appear before the court;
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
No driving for at least 30 months;
The car is equipped with alcohol chain equipment for at least 4 years.
Drink driving 3, 3 times or more, regardless of alcohol content:
To appear before the court;
Fines;
Cancelling a driver's license or permit;
No driving, time to be decided by the court;
Installation of alcohol chain equipment in the car for at least 4 years
As to the amount of penalty, we can refer to this picture below:
Drivers who drink outside the state will also have their license cancelled!
As of January 31, drivers with a driver's license in Victoria will be punished under the state's drunk driving rules if they are caught in other Australian states. In other words, whatever the rules are in other states, you will end up with only one-the driver's license will be cancelled! At the same time, you have to install an alcohol chain device, (alcohol interlock)., in the car.
If the device is installed in the car, you must pass the alcohol test every time you start the vehicle. The installation cost $180, the monthly maintenance cost is $150, and the removal cost is $100. So, drunk driving, you are not drinking wine, is the sound of silver ah!
In addition, in 2016, 23% of all traffic deaths in Victoria were caused by drunk driving.
Finally, a state-wide driver has to make sure that the alcohol level is less than 0. 05-0. 05-
A schematic diagram of how much wine you can drink
First remind the P driver, don't look, you just touch a little alcohol and you will be punished.
An standard drink contains 10 grams of alcohol, or no more than 0.05 when blowing a detector. But depending on the alcohol class, then a standard is also different.
(from: http://www.alcohol.gov.au)
For example, many Melbourne people know that drinking a small bottle of beer is not a drink of driving, but that is not true. For example, these three types of beer:
After drinking the medium 375ml, 3.5% alcohol, you test the alcohol content just 0.05, is a standard alcoholic drink, but the right alcohol accuracy 2.7%, you drink such a bottle, you may also have a few more mouthfuls of alcohol, and you can take a few more mouthfuls if you drink this bottle, and if you drink this bottle, you may be able to take a few more mouthfuls. But if the left alcohol accuracy of 4.8% of this, you finish a bottle, then properly exceeded the standard, the penalty!
By analogy, a glass of 100ml's 13% wine is fine, and 30ml's 40% alcohol is fine.
Finally, the standard is for reference only, because everyone is also different to alcohol sensitivity, sometimes even if you do not exceed the alcohol level, but has appeared because alcohol affects driving behavior, the police can also determine that you drive dangerous oh!
Therefore, Xiao Wei is here to remind all drivers friends, for their own wallet and life safety considerations, please do not drink driving!
For more information about drunk driving, please visit the Web site:
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/road-rules/penalties/drink-driving-penalties