Changes to hazardous driving laws in Guernsey proposed

Proposals could allow police to carry out road-side drug tests on motorists

Changes to driving laws in Guernsey have been officially proposed by the Committee for Home Affairs.

The committee proposed setting legal limits for the first time in July 2023 to "ensure justice can be delivered more swiftly".

Proposals would allow police to carry out road-side drug tests on motorists with portable testing equipment.

It would also create several new offences relating to causing injury or death by careless driving.

There would be specified legal limits for certain drugs alongside the creation of an offence of driving whilst over the prescribed limit for specified drugs as well as a new offence of failing to comply with a preliminary impairment test.

A debate will be held in the States in February.

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