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‘Legal Hurdles’ With Roadside Checkpoints
[Updated] Roadside sobriety checkpoints will implemented by police after the Cup Match weekend as certain legal requirements have not yet been completed, however the police “will be putting a special emphasis” on preventing drinking and driving this weekend. This follows after Government initially that “roadside sobriety checkpoints... Read more of this article
Video: Roadside Sobriety Bill Discussion
Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs Walter Roban and Transport Control Director Jasmin Smith held a ’roundtable discussion’ this morning [July 19] regarding the Roadside Sobriety Checkpoint bill. Yesterday the Government said, ““The Roadside Sobriety Checkpoint Bill includes three notable points:“A... Read more of this article
Roadside Sobriety Bill Awaits Governor’s Assent
With the Roadside Sobriety Checkpoint Bill having passed through the Senate, Attorney-General Kathy Lightbourne-Simmons said she is pleased to know that the Bill will now move to Governor Rankin’s office for final assent. Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs Walter Roban commented, “It is our aim to introduce measures which will bring awareness,... Read more of this article
Court: Taxi Driver Banned For 18 Months
A taxi-driver has been banned from driving for 18 months after being caught behind the wheel while twice the legal limit. Cornell Bailey was observed swerving from one side of the road to the other on Middle Road in Warwick on the afternoon of June 13 by police officers in a private car. Bailey, 57, initially did not notice the police were trying to... Read more of this article
Court: Driver Fined & Banned After Crash
A 41-year-old Pembroke man has been banned from driving for 18 months. Lionel Roberts got on his motorbike while more than three times the limit and crashed into another motorcyclist in the early hours of July 7. Roberts and the rider of the other motorbike were both taken to hospital for treatment after the accident, which happened at 2am on Front... Read more of this article
Court: Drivers Fined & Banned For 18 Months
Two drink-drivers have been banned from the roads for 18 months. Both Makeem Waldron and Barry Wilkes lost control of their vehicles in separate accidents earlier this year. Waldron, 28, of Devonshire collided with a wall at the junction of North Shore Road and Dock Hill in Devonshire on June 16 as he made his way home after a party. He initially claimed... Read more of this article