7 March 2011

Mate caught DUI

7 March 2011 | Ex Warrior

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Any legals out there?

Mate caught DUI .220 Sat night. Previous history – 3 previous convictions more than 10 yrs ago.

I’m thinking fine up to $2,200 and /or 12 months slammer, and no chance of workers lic as high range?

Does the spent convictions ruling mean the 3 previous convictions will be ignored?

Guesses on punishment welcome!

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Ozi11:21 am 11 Mar 11

Tooks said :

fluey said :

vandam said :

He wont be charged as a repeat offender (more than once in the last 5 years or due to the new legislation any previous dui after Dec 1)

I’m pretty sure that because of the new legislation, he WILL be charged as a repeat offender.

No he won’t.

Correct: he will be charged as a first offender as previous offences were greater than 5 years ago. However, his criminal record including past drink driving offences is taken into account when sentencing him, and should logically lead to a harsher sentence.

On a related note, maybe find some intelligent friends. Your mate isn’t too bright..

Lefty10:13 am 11 Mar 11

Don’t drink and drive…..what part of those four words don’t people understand? It’s usually the innocent drivers that get hit from these idiots – like me. I got hit by a guy who was .221

Make them go out to a few of the organisations out there and work there for a week assisting the people that are disabled from drunk drivers…….good wake up call!!!!

cleo3:10 am 11 Mar 11

I knew someone like that, who was charged drink driving and speeding away from police in his youth and mid thirties, he hadn’t been caught drink driving for ten years, and didn’t have a licence either, well he finally got caught drink driving again, don’t know what the outcome was, I think he may have got off, he deserved to be locked up, the moron!

Tooks8:33 pm 10 Mar 11

fluey said :

vandam said :

He wont be charged as a repeat offender (more than once in the last 5 years or due to the new legislation any previous dui after Dec 1)

I’m pretty sure that because of the new legislation, he WILL be charged as a repeat offender.

No he won’t.

Lazy I9:55 am 09 Mar 11

dvaey said :

Chances are a ‘street racer’ car has been set up for racing. A car driven by someone under the influence probably hasnt been modified for that purpose.

Would love to know what relevance this has? I would also suggest you look at the kind of cars that get impounded for ‘hooning’ and ‘street racing’.

If a car is legally modified what difference does it make how it has been setup? are you suggesting that if it has performance modifications (or is a performance tuned car from factory) that the person should have their car impounded because it somehow shows intent to break the law?

dvaey said :

Also, impounding a car is fine if the owner is the one driving, otherwise its hardly fair to the owner. Should we also charge the parents of drink-drivers with DUI, just so they ‘learn a lesson’?

You do realise that cars are impounded for ‘hooning’ no matter who is driving them right? In fact there was a case in Perth not too long ago where a Doctor’s Lamborghini was impounded (for 28 days) because the mechanic he had left it with was caught speeding in it.. so why are drunks behind the wheel a special case?

fluey11:18 pm 08 Mar 11

vandam said :

He wont be charged as a repeat offender (more than once in the last 5 years or due to the new legislation any previous dui after Dec 1)

I’m pretty sure that because of the new legislation, he WILL be charged as a repeat offender.

He probably will have his license automatically suspended by the police too (if not already) because he was more than 0.05 over the legal limit..

vandam8:55 pm 07 Mar 11

He wont be charged as a repeat offender (more than once in the last 5 years or due to the new legislation any previous dui after Dec 1)

In sentencing all priors will be considered regardless of how long ago they happened. They always order a pre sentence report.

To be honest like a lot of others have said on here, it’s probably about time he spent some time at Hume. Next time he might kill someone.

dvaey8:35 pm 07 Mar 11

Lazy I said :

If someone is accused of street racing (often down to someone’s word) their car is locked up/impounded and everyone cries that it needs to be crushed to ‘teach them a lesson’.

Why is this never suggested for a drink drivers’ car? Especially for repeat offenders on their 4th conviction?

Chances are a ‘street racer’ car has been set up for racing. A car driven by someone under the influence probably hasnt been modified for that purpose. Also, impounding a car is fine if the owner is the one driving, otherwise its hardly fair to the owner. Should we also charge the parents of drink-drivers with DUI, just so they ‘learn a lesson’?

Lazy I said :

Do drink drivers even get their cars impounded? They don’t seem to be short on transport leaving the court room.

They do at the time of the offence, Ive picked up a couple of mates from the city station in my younger days after they got bailed.

M Rose7:24 pm 07 Mar 11

Legal Aid: http://www.legalaidact.org.au/

or (though considering his offence was 10 years ago he’s probably out of this age range)

ACT Youth Law Centre: http://www.youthlawact.org.au/

Punter3:24 pm 07 Mar 11

Repeat offender or not, at .220 your ‘mate’ is a doodle.

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