Traffic Offences

If you have been charged with drink driving with high range PCA this means that your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was 0.150 or above.

If you have been charged with high range PCA your licence can be suspended and confiscated on the spot. The suspension will remain until your matter has been dealt with by the court.

The potential penalties for a high range PCA offence include:

In addition to these penalties, there is a mandatory interlock period, this means you must have a device installed in your vehicle if you wish to drive following your disqualification period.

If you have been charged with this offence it is likely that this offence will be recorded on your criminal record

If you have been charged with a drink driving offence, call our criminal law specialists today on 0413 478 367 to arrange a free consultation. We are experienced criminal lawyers dedicated to vigorously defending your rights and achieving the best outcome for you.

If you have been charged with a mid range PCA offence, your blood alcohol level is between 0.08 to 0.149

The potential penalties include:

In addition to the penalties, you will be subject to a mandatory interlock order if you wish to drive a vehicle following the period of disqualification.

If you have been charged with a drink drinking offence, call our criminal law specialists today on 0413 478 367 to arrange a free consultation. We are experienced criminal lawyers dedicated to defending your rights and achieving the best outcome for you.

If you have been charged with driving while suspended that means that you a have driven on a public road after Transport for NSW has suspended your licence.

A person can be fined up to $3300 for this offence and jailed for up to 6 months for a first offence or up to 12 months for a second or subsequent offence.

The defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact is open to a person charged with this offence. If you can show that you were unaware that your licence had been suspended you would be successful in defending the charge.

If you have been charged with an offence of driving whilst disqualified, this would mean that you drove on a public road after your licence had been disqualified by the court.

Penalties:

Defences

1. You were not driving; or
2. Honest and reasonable mistake of fact

If you have been charged with driving whilst disqualified, call our criminal law specialists today on 0413 478 367 to arrange a free consultation. We are experienced criminal lawyers dedicated to defending your rights and achieving the best outcome for you.

Occasioning Death

The prosecution must prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:

That you were involved in a collision that caused the death of another person; and

At the time of the collision, you were:

a) Under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug OR

b) At a speed dangerous to another person or persons OR

c) In a manner dangerous to another person or persons

Aggravated Dangerous Driving Occasioning Death

The prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that

1. You were involved in a collision that caused the death of another person; and

2. At the time of the collision, you were:

a) under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug OR

b) at a speed dangerous to another person or persons OR

c) in a manner dangerous to another person or persons

3. in ‘circumstances of aggravation’

Circumstances of aggravation means at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm, either:

a) The prescribed concentration of alcohol was present in the accused’s breath or blood, or

b) The accused was driving the vehicle concerned on a road or at speed that exceeded, by more than 45 kilometres per hour, the speed limit (if any) applicable to that length of road, or

c) The accused was driving the vehicle to escape pursuit by a police officer, or

d) The accused’s ability to drive was very substantially impaired by the fact that the accused was under the influence of a drug (other than intoxicating liquor) or a combination of drugs (whether or not intoxicating liquor was part of that combination)

Defences

If the death or grievous bodily harm occasioned by the impact was not in any way attributable:

a) To the fact that the person charged was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug or a combination of drugs, or

b) To the speed at which the vehicle was driven, or

c) To the manner in which the vehicle was driven

If you have been charged with dangerous driving, call our criminal law specialists today on 0413 478 367 to arrange a free consultation. We are experienced criminal lawyers dedicated to defending your rights and achieving the best outcome for you.