Drink and drug driving is the theme of Road Safety Week today where you can share your best tip to avoid drink driving or a personal story with your family, friends or colleagues.
Drink driving remains a major contributor to fatalities and injuries on our roads and drinking alcohol reduces your ability to drive safely.
Alcohol and drugs affect your judgement, vision, coordination and reflexes, increasing your risk of having a crash.
Just remember you can be pulled over by Queensland police officers for a random roadside saliva test to detect any presence of illegal drugs.
Simple tips to follow include:
- Plan not to drink and drive
- If you plan to drink, plan to get home safely
- Designate a driver, catch a taxi or public transport, or organise a lift
- Stay at a mate’s place
- You can still be over the limit in the morning, so avoid driving.
Across Bundaberg Patrol Group, the most recent drink driving and drug driving offences are:
- The latest alleged drink driving offence occurred in Boreham Street, Bundaberg South at approximately 12:25pm on August 21 and involved a 30-year-old Svensson Heights woman. The woman is scheduled to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on August 28 in relation to an alleged drink driving offence where a breath alcohol concentration of 0.101 per cent was returned.
- The latest alleged drug driving offence occurred in Spence Street, Svensson Heights at approximately 10:25am on August 15 and involved a 51-year-old Avenell Heights man who provided a positive saliva test for illegal drugs and subsequently had their licence suspended for 24-hours. The man is scheduled to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on October 19.
We need everyone to arrive alive at their destination.
This week visit jointhedrive.qld.gov.au for event information and to find out how you can get involved and follow the conversation on social media using the hashtag #SpeakUpforRoadSafety.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.