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Drink driving

  • Drinking and driving

    Drinking alcohol affects your judgement, vision, coordination and reflexes—increasing your risk of having a crash.

  • Alcohol limits

    Find out how blood/breath alcohol levels are measured and the legal blood/breath alcohol limits for different licence holders.

  • Penalties for drink driving

    Drink driving is an offence. Penalties include fines, imprisonment and licence disqualification.

  • Drinking responsibly

    Plan ahead if you're going out and drinking. Use a designated driver or watch how much you drink.

Last updated
11 November 2012

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