DRUG DRIVERS FACE TOUGHER NEW PENALTIES IN 2010
Source: Victoria. Minister for Roads and Ports. Media Release
"Tougher new penalties targeting drug drivers, including an automatic three month licence suspension and fines of at least $350, will be introduced to Parliament early next year. Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas said the introduction of the new laws would give Victoria Police extra powers to keep Victoria’s roads safe from dangerous drug drivers.“We are taking action against drug drivers to make Victoria’s roads safer for the overwhelming majority of drivers who do the right thing,” Mr Pallas said. One or more illicit drugs are found in 30 per cent of drivers who die on Victoria’s roads each year. In fact, there are more drivers killed with illicit drugs in their bodies than drivers with illegal levels of alcohol."