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Easter in QLD: 92 drivers charged with drink driving in 2 days

Old Apr 19th 2014, 9:48 am
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Easter Road Safety Campaign (phase two)

The Easter Road Safety Campaign (phase two) has commenced with extra police enforcing the Fatal Five across Queensland roads.

More than 90 drivers were charged with drink driving, while more than 4,200 drivers were detected speeding across the state. (3,086 were Speed Camera Detections)

The highest speed detected was a vehicle travelling at 143km/hour (90mph) in a 80km/hour (50mph) zone in Sheldon.

16,909 Random Breath Tests Performed
92 resulted in Drink Driving charges

79 Roadside Drug Tests Performed
9 Drug Driving Roadside positive tests (yet to be analysed)
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What do you expect in Brisbane where the average IQ is low, the driving test is very easy to pass and the drinking culture is the norm.
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What do you expect in Brisbane where the average IQ is low, the driving test is very easy to pass and the drinking culture is the norm.
Oooooooh i wish i lived there !
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Oooooooh i wish i lived there !
Must live in your part of Brisbane, not mine
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Must live in your part of Brisbane, not mine
Yep unfortunately i am a member of the cheap seats brigade
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Yep unfortunately i am a member of the cheap seats brigade
All low IQ and drink driving out there in Cleveland is it ? I thought it was all good curries and british fish and chips...
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All low IQ and drink driving out there in Cleveland is it ? I thought it was all good curries and british fish and chips...
Yep all we need is a good kebab shop for the trifecta !
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Population of Queensland: 4,560,059, and it is now 239 drink drivers over 3 days of Easter, out of 44,664 tested = 44,425 drivers that were NOT drunk.

The worst areas appear to be Boondall, Manunda and Townsville. Brisbane isn't mentioned.

But 10,883 caught speeding.

Drink Driving Limits
Drunk Driving in Australia is over 0.5
Drunk Driving in Ireland is over 0.5
Drunk Driving in UK is over 0.8

2 Drinks in Australia and you may be drunk. (0.5 BAC)
3 of the same Drinks in UK, and you are NOT legally drunk (0.75 BAC)

Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Limits Worldwide
72 Countries have Drink Driving limits of 0.5 or less
16 Countries have Drink Driving limits of 0.8
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Easter driving was better in Queensland in 2014, compared to 2013.

25% less fatalities
30% less Injury Traffic Incidents
39% Less Injuries

But a 21% increase on Speed Camera detected offences

and a massive increase on initial results of Drug Driving Roadside positive tests.

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Easter driving was better in Queensland in 2014, compared to 2013.

25% less fatalities
30% less Injury Traffic Incidents
39% Less Injuries

But a 21% increase on Speed Camera detected offences

and a massive increase on initial results of Drug Driving Roadside positive tests.

http://www.abcdiamond.com/australia/...ving-stats.jpg
Good to see an improvement on the drink driving stats. I'd say ban anyone immediately from driving for at least 6months if they are over the limit.

I think the speeding offences need to be detailed a bit more. I don't defend it but I'd like to know more about time if day, type of road, how far over the limit, how many more money sucking cameras are operational, age groups etc.
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Good to see an improvement on the drink driving stats. I'd say ban anyone immediately from driving for at least 6months if they are over the limit.

I think the speeding offences need to be detailed a bit more. I don't defend it but I'd like to know more about time if day, type of road, how far over the limit, how many more money sucking cameras are operational, age groups etc.
how far over the limit ? I think it begins at 1kph over the limit, or is it the more generous 3 ?

type of road? Any road where the normal driving is clear and fast, and just after speed reductions signs....

I agree with the ban if they are say over 0.8 BAC. The 0.5 limit is a bit low, for a ban. They need them back on the road to get caught again and get fined again..
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how far over the limit ? I think it begins at 1kph over the limit, or is it the more generous 3 ?

type of road? Any road where the normal driving is clear and fast, and just after speed reductions signs....

I agree with the ban if they are say over 0.8 BAC. The 0.5 limit is a bit low, for a ban. They need them back on the road to get caught again and get fined again..
I mean I'd like to see a break down of these stats to see how people are getting caught. Doing 3kph over on the pacific highway doesn't really show us the actual problem.

I think the current alcohol limit should be 0. I believe those getting caught on much higher than that accept that there is a small penalty for just being over and believe they will or might just make it below or just above meaning no real harm. Does anyone need to drive with any amount of alcohol in their system? Make it zero and I think people will not take as much of a chance.
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The full stats won't be available for some months, but I agree, they would be interesting (to some..)

Drink and driving ? Zero limit ? hmmm... Too many would argue that one drink does nothing to them, has no effect, some say 2 or 3 drinks. Some of them are right, regular drinkers may have a much higher tolerance than a non regular drinker.

It would take a strong government to try to bring that in.

In defense of having a reasonable limit, it is interesting to note that the average BAC (In the US) among fatally injured drinking drivers is .16 THREE times OVER our limit. They tend to tend to be male, aged 25-35, and have a history of DWI convictions and polydrug abuse.

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Originally Posted by ABCD......
The full stats won't be available for some months, but I agree, they would be interesting (to some..)

Drink and driving ? Zero limit ? hmmm... Too many would argue that one drink does nothing to them, has no effect, some say 2 or 3 drinks. Some of them are right, regular drinkers may have a much higher tolerance than a non regular drinker.

It would take a strong government to try to bring that in.

In defense of having a reasonable limit, it is interesting to note that the average BAC (In the US) among fatally injured drinking drivers is .16 THREE times OVER our limit. They tend to tend to be male, aged 25-35, and have a history of DWI convictions and polydrug abuse.

http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol/images/SimpMayGraph.jpg
Yes, I'd be a minority probably. But I just don't see the point in just having one drink unless it's at home if you don't have to go back out again.
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Drink Driving Limits
Drunk Driving in Australia is over 0.5
Drunk Driving in Ireland is over 0.5
Drunk Driving in UK is over 0.8
I'd hate to be on the road with any driver who was just below these limits!

The limit in Australia is 0.05, not 0.5!
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