o sung wo should you vist this thread again you may now see why I get in trouble.
I wounder why that truck driver lost his license on the roadside?
Had he previous convictions.
Was he well over the limit.
Just how did that nasty cop, doing what he is paid and trusted to do, get in so much trouble.
See you all in another thread.

"the PO so sensibly judged me still being in control" Individual was that based on the fact you had not as vet run somebody over, or had not hit a tree? Was it after this; "I recall on Cape York when we had pot-holed roads from ar$ehole to breakfast & we did pub crawls with five people in the back of the ute plus an esky for the road." etc etc.
How did the PO determine that you were still 'in control'. Did you have to walk a straight line with your finger on your nose? Or did you just say to the officer "I vote for Joh!" so did he.

Paul1405,
Most people with no retort resort to ridicule. Those too indoctrinated by conformism can't even do that, instead they openly display the degree of stupidity they're capable of.

Individual, no PO at the side of the road can determine your mental state or driving ability, when it comes to alcohol. That office erred in not taking the appropriate steps required as laid down by the law. If as you say you were over 0.05 you have every right to make your case before the court, that is the appropriate place to determine guilt or innocence, not at the roadside.

If as you say you were over 0.05 you have every right to make your case before the court, that is the appropriate place to determine guilt or innocence, not at the roadside.
Paul1405,
Have you ever heard of common sense & logic ? The PO did the sensible thing all round. He made a judgement based on his experience.
No text book has any paragraph dealing with sense. If common sense were common the authors of text books would be looking for other things to write about. Your argument reminds of an airline pilot being interrogated for days on end by experts whilst he only had a split second to make a decision. Same goes for Police officers, they too have to make decisions within very short time. Coppers don't have that problem because they don't think, they just obey without intelligent judgement.

to determine guilt or innocence,
Paul1405,
Therein lies the problem. At 0.5 you are deemed drunk even though you are not. I can say that at 0.5 I am in full control of my senses unlike many who aren't at 0.0 yet they are ALLOWED to drive. I can drive a vehicle responsibly & safe even though it has less than perfect brakes or tyres & is full of rust yet some moron with no sense can drive a perfectly safe car & be a danger to others.
Like registration. Why do I have to pay full registration for a vehicle I need to use 2 or 3 times a year for less than an hour each time. Why can't we have short term rego for situations like this. The reason we have so many accidents is because policies/regulations become too costly to adhere to & people, instead of concentrating on being safe on the road use all their concentration on avoiding to get booked. To observe the countless speed signs takes more concentration than driving at 0.5. If we want safe roads we need safer bureaucrats first.