Proposed Road Law Changes 2006

There is a growing feeling with the community that Victorian Road Law need to be reviewed & update to prevent the increasing total disregard for public safety on our roadways.

Brief out line or current law and proposed changes

Registration expiry.

Currently a driver of a vehicle with expired registration is served with a plenty notice & a $500.00 fine, If the Vehicles registration has been expired for more than three month the vehicle must be fully reregistered.

Proposed Change

1. Lowing of the 90 day full expiration of registration to 30 days

2. Any person driving a Vehicle with expired registration within the thirty days is served with a plenty notice & fined $500.00

3. A vehicle found to have expired registration over the thirty day full expiration limit, is not permitted to be driven & would be towed to an impoundment yard at the owners expense. The vehicle would then be impounded for a period of thirty days. The vehicle would only be released to the owner when all costs incurred were paid in full.

4. Any vehicle impounded for more than 90 days, without payment for cost incurred would then be sold by public auction to recover costs.

5. The impoundment law would apply to any vehicle driven by its owner or third party without exceptions.

Outcome

The proposed law change would place more responsibility on both the vehicle driver & owner to insure the vehicle has current registration, or risk a penalty notice, fine & impoundment of the vehicle.

Drink Driving

Proposed Changes

1. Lowing of BAC cancellation level from three times the legal limit to twice the legal limit.

2. Any person driving on Victorian roads found to have a BAC of more than twice the legal limit, has their licence suspended immediately.

3. Any vehicle driven on Victorian roads by its owner or third party with a BAC of more than twice the legal limit would be towed to an impoundment yard. The vehicle would then be impounded for a period of thirty days. The vehicle would only be released to the owner when all costs incurred were paid in full.

4. Any vehicle impounded for more than 90 days, without payment for cost incurred would then be sold by public auction to recover costs.

5. Any driver found to have a BAC reading involved in a collision causing loss of life would have their licence suspended immediately.

6. Any person found driving after there licence has been suspended for being involved in a collision causing loss of life would be remanded in custody until they were required to appear in court.

7. Any person found to have a BAC reading and driving when disqualified for drink driving (repeat offender) should be remanded in custody for a period of seven days & charged. The vehicle driven at that time by its owner or third party would be seized & sold at auction.

8. Any vehicle driven on Victorian roads by its owner or third party retuning a positive drug test would be towed to an impoundment yard. The vehicle would then be impounded for a period of thirty days. The vehicle would only be released to the owner when all costs incurred were paid in full

9. Any person returning a positive drug test would automatically be suspended from driving for a period of thirty days, served with a penalty notice & fined $500.00

10. Any driver found to have a positive drug test result involved in a collision causing loss of life would have their licence suspended immediately.

Outcome

Any person found to be driving with a BAC of more than twice the legal limit or returning a positive drug test or is involved in a collision causing loss of life, has show little or no regard for public safety and should be treated the same as any other person grossly endangering public safety.

When proposed changes are open for public comment, we often hear the words civil liberties are being lost or invaded. If a member of the public chooses to drive in a manner that causes loss of life or shows little regard for the law or regard for the safety of other road uses & having little or no respect for the civil liberties of others.

1. Those drivers that kill or maim others, have removed the rights of a third person or persons, thus should have no rights.

2. Civil liberties should not be a right they should be a privilege & should be regarded as such.

It is a matter of recorded fact that many of the accidents that kill or maim other road uses & members of the public are in-fact caused by drivers that drive under the influence or drugs or alcohol or a combination of speed, drugs & alcohol. Yet the government has done little in the past to force those putting others at risk to be held responsible or accountable for their actions, allowing repeat drink drivers, speeders & drug uses together with those that hold little or no respect for the rights or lives of others to remain on Victorian road ways. Its time the Victorian Government made changers to our road law to reflect the need for drivers to be to responsible for their actions & to prevent the increasing total disregard for public safety on our roadways.

What chance of reform is there for Victorian road law when a sitting member of the Victorian Government (Carolyn Hirsh) is apprehended for the second in two years time over the BAC limit, this would clearly display they hold little respect for the laws of this state or regard for the safety of the public. This act of drink driving alone show absolutely no respect for the laws of this state, when taking in to account the past history of this sitting member of the Victorian Government it shows a gross disrespect for every Victorian.

• 1989 Caught driving at 136 km\h in a 10Okm\h zone: penalty loss of licence for one month.
• June 2, 2004 drink driving with a BAC reading of .07: penalty loss of licence for six months.
• September 17, 2004 driving while disqualified, giving police her daughter's name: penalty fined $600.00 & loss of licence for three months.
• June 21, 2006 drink driving with a BAC reading of .065

It can only appear that some members of the State Government are not willing to abide by the laws of the state and by their actions show little respect for every member of the Victorian public, as the actions of this sitting member are not the first and only occurrence of gross disrespect of this type.