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  • Checking your alcohol level

    If you think you have had too much alcohol to drink, you probably have and shouldn’t drive.
    The only way to really know your blood alcohol level is to use a breathalyser. A growing number of Victorian hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs now have alcohol breath testers. They may be difficult to find in some places, so [...]

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  • What is the current law relating to drink driving?

    By law, probationary drivers (P-platers) must maintain a zero BAC (“blood alcohol content” – their BAC must equal zero). Drivers of heavy trucks, buses, trains and trams must maintain a zero BAC level while on the road in most of Australia. Motorcyclists in their first year of riding also must maintain a zero BAC while on [...]

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  • How does alcohol affect driving performance?

    Driving is a very complex task which requires complex decision making and total concentration. Alcohol affects a driver’s ability to be totally in control of his or her actions at:

    0.02 to 0.05 BAC – the ability to see or locate moving lights correctly is diminished, as is the ability to judge distances. The tendency to [...]

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  • What is BAC?

    Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) is a measurement of the amount of alcohol in the body. BAC is measured in grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
    The legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit is 0.05. This means that a driver’s body must contain less than 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
    A driver’s [...]

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  • Why Road Accidents Happen

    Every time we go out on the streets, there is always a chance of getting into some kind of mishap. We could be careful drivers ourselves, but there might be a lunatic driving another car that forces us into an accident.

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