SA: Drivers lose their licences under new laws

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2005
SA: Drivers lose their licences under new laws

South Australia's tough new drink driving laws have had an immediate effect .. with
nine drivers losing their licences overnight.

Under the new provisions .. which came into effect from midnight .. drink drivers with
a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 can have their licence suspended immediately by police
.. for a minimum of six months.

Police say that's happened to six drivers in Adelaide's southern suburbs.

They say the highest reading was 0.131 by a 21-year-old student.

In the northern suburbs .. three drivers have had their licences taken on the spot.

The worst offender is a man who blew 0.242.

AAP RTV tjd/goc/jv

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