Law on Giving Way at a Pedestrian Crossing in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. A crash in Sydney’s south western suburb of Doonside has resulted in a man dying after he was struck by a vehicle last week. It is reported that at about 5.45pm on 16 June 2020, a 72-year-old male pedestrian was crossing Bungaribee Road in Doonside, when he was ...continue reading
NSW Police Aim to Conduct 200,000 Mobile Drug Tests Representing an Increase From the Previous Year
By Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh. It has been revealed that NSW Police have set a target to detect almost 300,000 crimes this year and are using area-specific goals to achieve this result. The approach covers a number of detections in numerous categories of crime including theft, robbery, sexual assault, and drug detection. The ...continue reading
A 14-Year-Old Girl Has Been Savagely Hit By a Car In an Alleged Dangerous Driving Occasioning Grievous Bodily Harm Incident
“I went to the nearest house, I was banging on the door with blood everywhere”, says 14-year-old teenager Aysenour Koca. “I believe he tried to kill me because I was not on the street. I was on the pathway. And he even saw me while he still came at me”. “I thought he was ...continue reading
A Teenager is Charged With Dangerous Driving Causing Death After Allegedly Crashing a Stolen Vehicle Killing 4 Other Teenagers
Poppy Morandin & Jimmy Singh A 14-year-old boy has been charged, following a tragic incident in which a single-vehicle car crash has led to the death of four teenagers in Townsville. Two girls and two boys, reported to be between 13-18 years old lost their lives, after the stolen vehicle was driven onto the ...continue reading
The Return of Stationary Random Breath Tests and Road Side Drug Tests in NSW
By Poppy Morandin & Jimmy Singh In anticipation of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, NSW Police announced the return of stationary Random Breath Tests and Roadside Drug Tests. As the easing of restrictions have allowed for a higher level of unrestricted movement and, pubs, clubs and restaurants are now allowed to seat up to ...continue reading
Fake ID Fail: International Student Charged with Unlawful Use of Driver Licence After Forgetting Crucial Detail
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. An international student’s plan to trick Geelong Police with a false ID card from his home country of India turned into a miserable fail of epic proportions when he couldn’t remember the crucial detail of his supposed date of birth. SBS News reports that Mohammad Usman, a mechanical ...continue reading
A Guide on the Law on Using a Mobile Phone While Driving in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. The message about the dangers of using your mobile phone while driving may not be getting through to motorists, or so it seems. Indeed, across Australia, authorities continue to collect up to tens of millions of dollars in fines each year from drivers caught scrolling through their smartphones ...continue reading
What are the Obstructing Traffic Laws in NSW?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Last month, police were forced to arrest one refugee activist and fine another 26 almost $43,000 after they held a car convoy protest on the street outside a hotel in Melbourne’s north where refugees and asylum seekers were being detained. ABC News reports that at around 2pm on ...continue reading
Law on Obtaining Australian Driver Licence by False Statements or Dishonest Means
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. A 26-year-old Afghan immigrant has had the approval for his Australian citizenship revoked after it surfaced that he had used a fake driver licence to pursue a job of becoming a truck driver. Ali Haidari travelled by boat to Australia in February 2010 and was allowed a permanent ...continue reading
The Minimum Passing Distance Rule in NSW
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. According to Transport for NSW, each year on average, nine bicycle riders are killed and more than 1900 end up seriously injured across NSW. Of the total road deaths in the state, cyclists represent approximately 2.5 percent and about 16 percent of serious injuries. For this reason, the ...continue reading