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High Range Drink Driving – BAC: 0.170
Offender Information and facts
| Age: | 25 years old |
| Driving experience: | 9 years |
| Prior PCA/DUI charges: | 0 |
| Prior traffic convictions: | 5 speeding offences |
| Employment details: | Electrician |
| BAC – Blood alcohol concentration: | Our client registered a reading of 0.170 |
| Location: | New South Wales (NSW), Australia |
| What were the circumstances leading our client to being breath tested? | Lost control of the motor vehicle and collided with a stationary vehicle. Submitted to a roadside random breath test. Arrested and taken to police station for a breath analysis. |
Penalties that can be given to a person charged with High Range PCA
1st major traffic offence within 5 years
- A conviction and maximum fine of $3,300.00
- A maximum prison term of 18 months
- An unlimited maximum disqualification period
- A minimum disqualification period of 12 months
- An automatic disqualification period of 3 years
Sentence Statistics for offenders charged with High Range PCA (July 2006 – June 2010)
| Section 10 dismissal/bond: | (421) | 2% |
| Fine only: | (6332) | 40% |
| Good behaviour bond/probation: | (4516) | 28% |
| CSO: | (1809) | 11% |
| Suspended sentence: | (604) | 4% |
| Suspended sentence & probation: | (902) | 6% |
| Periodic detention: | (346) | 2% |
| Home detention: | (131) | 1% |
| Prison: | (822) | 5% |
Penalty obtained by Armstrong Legal
- A conviction
- A community service order (CSO) for 175 hours
- A disqualification for 18 months
- Court costs
