Drink Driving And Driving Records

By Author: Colin Diaz
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One of the questions most frequently asked by clients is whether their traffic record will matter when they come before the Court on a drink driving charge. The answer is yes within reason.

If you have been driving for many years and have a few minor traffic infringements it will not make a lot of difference when the Magistrate comes to deciding your sentence. This is particularly the case if you have incurred any traffic offences more then 5 years ago.

The more traffic offences a person has on their traffic record the more difficult it can be for the Court to decide whether or not to grant a S10. S10 is a Good Behaviour Bond where you plead guilty but have no conviction recorded, loss of licence or a monetary fine.

Going for a Section 10

desired by the majority of clients. However it is important to be aware that the higher the reading the more difficult it can be to argue that a S10 should be given by the Court. It is generally accepted that a first time drink driving offence by a person who has no prior criminal convictions for anything else and a reasonably good traffic record with a low alcohol ...
... reading are good candidates for a S10.

Recent Success in Drink Driving Matters

This is not to say that in recent times at LAC Lawyers we have been able to achieve excellent results for many clients. We have recently successfully obtained S10 outcomes for clients who have had relatively poor traffic history records. We have also been able to obtain S10 outcomes for clients who have had prior drink driving convictions and criminal records.

We have also had considerable success recently in the District Court for clients who have come to us seeking to appeal against a Local Court sentence. A recent example is a client who had committed two High Range drink driving offences in under 12 months. In addition the client had also driven whilst suspended. The client was given a 12 month suspended gaol sentence and 5 years disqualification in the Local Court. At the appeal we were able to successfully have the period of suspension significantly reduced to 2 years. The client was extremely pleased with this outcome.

It is important to obtain legal advice at the earliest possible time. This enables as to prepare and argue the best case for you. Our experience in conducting drink driving matters in the Local and District Court assists us in obtaining the best outcome for you the client.

If you are interested to know something more about Driving Record and Drink Driving then please visit our website www.laclawyers.com.au