You’re heading down the coast for a long-weekend away in Victoria’s January sunshine when you notice a big line up of traffic ahead of you. “What’s going on,” you think, “I just want to get to the holiday house and relax with my mates,” then you notice the traffic is due to a random drug...
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Random drug testing in Victoria
Random drug testing shame in Victoria
Police data has revealed the places in Victoria where people are most likely to fail random drug testing on our roads and end up with a drug driving infringement notice. And the winner (or should that be loser?) is… Drum roll… Wodonga, with 88. The data relates to 2018 offences alone and includes only drug...
The bad, the ugly and the very ugly of random drug testing in Victoria
With around 1 in 10 drivers failing random drug testing on Victoria’s roadsides, you’d think the news just couldn’t get any uglier. But when you look at some of the individual cases, perhaps you’d disagree. Alleged ICE affected truck driver involved in crash According to the Border Mail, a truck driver involved in a recent...
Random drug testing in Victoria hits new highs
There’s good and bad news to come from recently released figures on Victorian roads. The good news is that after the first 6 months of 2017, Victoria is on track to record one of its lowest road tolls in history. The bad news is that, with many people failing random drug testing on our roads,...
Drug testing on Victorian roads a necessary inconvenience
If you’ve ever been stopped for random drug testing on Victorian roads, you’ve perhaps looked at it as an inconvenience. But statistics are showing that it’s a necessary inconvenience and one that can save lives. In a recent Sunday Herald Sun article, the stark reality of the road toll in Victoria was spelt out: In...
Random drug testing can protect your Victorian business
With the constant media attention on drugs in our society, if you are a business owner or manager in Victoria you could be forgiven for feeling nervous about whether your employees are safe to be at work. While there is regular bad news focussing on drugs, the good news is that random drug testing, and...