Another person dies on South Australia's roads, adding to the horror start to the year, while SA Police have new powers to take licences away from drivers detected using drugs.
Another person has died on South Australia's roads, adding to the horror start to the year, while SA Police have new powers to take licences away from drivers detected using drugs.The death takes SA's road toll to 18 this year, compared with four at this point in 2022SA Police say a 49-year-old Mount Gambier man died after his truck left the Riddoch Highway at Penola and crashed into a tree about 10pm on Friday.
Also overnight, a man was charged with drink-driving after crashing his car into a house in Adelaide's northern suburbs.Police spotted the sedan speeding at Davoren Park at around midnight and tried to stop the vehicle, but it allegedly sped off on Whitington Road.A 21-year-old was charged with drink-driving and other driving offences.
The move takes effect on Monday, allowing police to immediately suspend a licence if a driver tests positive for cannabis, methamphetamine or MDMA.Assistant Police Commissioner Ian Parrott said it was a significant tightening of the law. "Twenty per cent of lives lost of the last five years have been as a result of people using drugs and driving."
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