Road safety laws face legal challenges

ROAD safety legislation introduced to enact harsher penalties for drink driving is set to face a number of legal challenges in the coming months.

It could result in thousands of motorists who are facing drink-driving charges being handed down lesser fines and penalties than envisaged by the authorities.

The High Court has been asked to rule on whether the Road Traffic Act 2006 can be applied retrospectively to people charged with drink-driving offences before the law was enacted.