Drink Driving Refuse Breath Analysis QLD

In Queensland, the police can stop any vehicle at random in order to check the driver’s blood alcohol concentration level. The police can order the driver to give a breath sample for it be analysed at the roadside. Some drivers who are drunk often resist the order to give a breath sample. Others refuse out of a mistaken belief that it is their right to refuse to give a breath sample.

Do not resist the police when they require you to give a breath sample to be analysed for the presence and concentration of blood alcohol. To resist is to be charged with a serious traffic offense of refusing to give a breath sample. This is penalized under section 80(5A) of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act. The penalty is payment of a fine amounting to $4000 or imprisonment for a term of six months.