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NSW L and P-Platers 0.00 Blood Alcohol Limit
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Sunday, 2-May-2004 19:57:59 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Ralphy made me aware of something that I think merits a special mention. From Monday 3 May 2004 the legal alcohol limit in NSW for all learner and provisional licence holders is zero. The zero alcohol limit applies to ALL: Learner licence holders. Provisional P1 licence holders. Provisional P2 licence holders. I'm a NSW P1 license holder myself and wasn't aware of this change (from 0.02) so as Ralphy states there has been very little press coverage of this and it has the potential to be nasty.
Naturally you shouldn't be drinking if you're thinking of driving, but you could be caught out if you weren't aware of this new lower limit. The RTA site has info here and here. Some medicines, mouthwashes and foodstuffs may contain alcohol. Learner and Provisional licence holders should check labels for alcohol content (which is sometimes labelled as ethanol). All such products containing alcohol should be avoided by licence holders subject to the zero alcohol limit if they plan to drive. Be careful the next day if you've had a big night on the drink also, you could still be over the 0.00 limit.
I imagine it comes into effect at midnight tonight, so play it safe! There's a big thread here in our Motoring forum discussing this change.
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