Driving offences

  • Proposed drug driving law unfair and not supported by science

    8th Sep 2021

    Proposed new drug driving laws in SA are not fair to drivers who can lose their license for taking prescribed cannabis with no evidence of impaired driving, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

  • Medicinal cannabis driving bill removes injustice

    3rd Feb 2021

    Current drug driving laws are not fair to drivers who can lose their license for taking prescribed cannabis when there is no evidence of impaired driving, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in response to the Road Traffic (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment
    Bill 2021
    being introduced into parliament in South Australia today. 

  • Fines for South Australian driving offences jump by up to 500%

    22nd Aug 2019

    Danielle Harris discusses the drastic increases in fines for driving offences in South Australia and questions whether the impetus for these changes is to raise revenue to address the budgetary dilemma currently facing the South Australian Government.