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Type: | Report |
Title: | Review of Western Australian drug driving laws |
Author: | Woolley, J. Baldock, M. |
Publisher: | Centre for Automotive Safety Research |
Publisher Place: | Adelaide |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Series/Report no.: | CASR Report Series; 064 |
ISBN: | 9781921645020 |
ISSN: | 1449-2237 |
Assignee: | Department of the Premier and Cabinet |
Organisation: | Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) |
Statement of Responsibility: | J.E. Woolley and M.R.J. Baldock |
Abstract: | In 2007, the Western Australian Road Traffic Act 1974 was amended to allow for new police enforcement practices designed to reduce the incidence of drug driving. The Road Traffic Amendment (Drugs) Act 2007 made provision for two new offences: driving with the presence of a prescribed illicit drug in oral fluid or blood, and driving while impaired by a drug. The prescribed drugs were methamphetamine, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy) and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis). As part of the new laws, statute 72A was inserted into the Act requiring that the Western Australian State Government undertake a review of the amended legislation after 12 months of operation. This report provides a review of the amended legislation and the associated drug driving law enforcement. It includes a process review of the roadside oral fluid testing and drug impaired driving enforcement programs; an analysis of testing, offence detection and legal penalty data pertaining to the first year of operation of the new drug enforcement measures; and a report on consultations with various stakeholders. These form the basis for recommendations on possible improvements to the processes and legislation related to the deterrence of driving after drug use among Western Australian drivers. |
Keywords: | Drug Impaired Driving Enforcement Random Oral Fluid Testing Road Safety Roadside Drug Testing |
Rights: | © The University of Adelaide 2009 |
Published version: | https://casr.adelaide.edu.au/publications/list/?id=1072 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Centre for Automotive Safety Research publications |
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