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SUPERVISING a learner driver is an important task.
Learner drivers need to know how to navigate the roads safely and react to other road users.
A supervising driver must also be alert and able to quickly react to situations, while staying calm and in control.
However, supervising drivers must also be aware of how much alcohol they have consumed.
But what is the legal blood alcohol concentration for someone supervising?
Horsham Driving School’s Michael Schilling said a supervising driver must have a full and valid licence and must have a blood alcohol content of less than .05.
Learner and probationary drivers must not drive with any alcohol in their system.
Mr Schilling said a zero blood alcohol concentration also applied to anyone with a restricted motorcycle licence, taxi drivers, bus drivers, heavy vehicle drivers and professional driving instructors.
He said some full licence holders, who had previously had a drink-driving conviction, might also have to have no alcohol in their system.
It is also illegal to drink alcohol while driving a motor vehicle or supervising a learner driver.
The VicRoads learner handbook states in almost 30 per cent of Victorian driver fatalities, the driver had a BAC of .05 or more.