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exceptional circumstances determined by the courts.</p> <p dir="ltr">Currently, only repeat offenders, those under the age of 26 who blow higher than 0.07, or drivers recorded with a BAC of more than 0.15 are required to fit an interlock to their vehicle.</p> <p dir="ltr">Drink driving accounts for 25 to 30 per cent of deaths and 11 per cent of serious injuries on Victoria’s roads. Repeat drink drivers make up 30 per cent of all drivers caught drink driving.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Alcohol interlocks prevent the car starting if the driver has been drinking. Attempts to use the car after consuming alcohol are recorded and can count against the driver when the driver applies to a Magistrate to have the device removed from the car,” Mr Ryan said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Interlocks aim to stop more families suffering the pain of losing loved ones. Interlocks protect not only the community from would-be drink drivers, but drink drivers from themselves.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Each year about 6,500 drivers commit an offence that carries a mandatory interlock requirement. Interlocks ensure their drinking and driving are kept absolutely separate. Extending the interlock program to all offenders would increase this to about 17,000.</p> <p dir="ltr">“VicRoads has said this policy could potentially save between 10 and 20 lives annually in Victoria, while the RACV and Victoria Police have strongly supported the policy.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Some 30 per cent of first time offenders continue to drink and drive and become repeat offenders.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The user-pays system ensures there’s a powerful financial deterrent to drink driving.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Ryan said alcohol interlocks could eventually become standard in all new cars sold in Australia.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The 2012 Road Safety Survey found 83 per cent of Victorians believed more drink drivers should be required to have alcohol interlock devices fitted to their vehicles,” Mr Ryan said.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a class="wf_file" 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