Review of Western Australian Drug Driving Laws

The Western Australian Road Traffic Act 1974 was amended in 2007 to allow for new police law enforcement practices that were designed to reduce the occurrence of drugged driving. The amendment to the act introduced two new offenses: driving while impaired by a drug, and driving with the presence of a prescribed illicit drug in blood or oral fluid. The prescribed drugs were delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis), methamphetamine, and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy). As part of the new laws, statute 72A was inserted into the Act. It requires that the Western Australian State Government conduct a review of the amended legislation after 12 months of operation. This report presents a review of the amended legislation and the associated drug driving law enforcement.

• Record URL:
  • http://casr.adelaide.edu.au/casrpubfile/778/CASR064.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • http://casr.adelaide.edu.au/publications/list/?id=1072
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9781921645020
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Adelaide

  Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR)
  Adelaide, South Australia  Australia  5005

  Department of the Premier and Cabinet

  197 St Georges Terrace
  Perth, Western Australia 6000  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Woolley, J E
  • Baldock, M R J
• Publication Date: 2009-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 53p
• Serial:
  • Report of: Centre for Automotive Safety Research
  • Publisher: University of Adelaide
  • ISSN: 1449-2237

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drugged drivers; Highway safety; Legislation; Traffic law enforcement
• Geographic Terms: Western Australia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01139984
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781921645020
• Report/Paper Numbers: CASR064
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 18 2009 7:08AM