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Premium Content Subscriber only A woman busted doing 40km/hr over the speed limit with a blood alcohol-content reading of .137 was chastised by a magistrate for thinking it was “pure stupidity”. Magistrate Jason Schubert said Susan Anne Acton’s actions on January 23, 2021, where she was detected doing 139kms/hour on the Leichhardt Highway at Taroom at 3.20pm, with a BAC of .137, was “not stupidity” as “stupidity is thinking about getting in a car”. He said Act...

Not only was Kenneth Backo detected drink-driving by the dog squad, he also bypassed an interlock device in his car.

Not only was Kenneth Backo detected drink-driving by the dog squad, he also bypassed an interlock device in his car.

After she was stopped by police for swerving over the road, a 20-year-old woman tried to fool police by climbing from the driver’s seat into the back and pretending to be asleep while cops banged on the window.

Dunedin drink-drivers vehicle gets stuck, forced to take taxi before blowing 3x limit 24 Feb, 2021 11:48 PM Quick Read The 64-year-old attempted to reverse and got her vehicle stuck on a bank. Photo / NZH Otago Daily Times An alleged drink-driver caught a taxi after getting her car stuck down a dead-end street in Dunedin yesterday. Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said when police located the 64-year-old woman about 6.40pm she recorded an excess breath alcohol level of 810mcg. The w...

Premium Content Subscriber only A construction company worker had a middle-range blood alcohol content (BAC) reading when intercepted the morning after a night of drinking. Jason Paul Smith pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on February 17 to one count of drink driving. Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd said police had a static roadside breath test site set up when they intercepted Smith driving a black BMW at 9.05am on January 17. He said police could smell a strong odour of alcohol o...

The imprisonment of Dwayne Leon Joel Mitchell for killing his mate Dylan Donohue in a drink driving crash is a cautionary tale for those considering getting behind the wheel after several drinks.

The Hervey Bay man was allegedly caught by police asleep behind the wheel

Premium Content Subscriber only A MAN who was not happy at being arrested for drink driving then ripped the door handle off a police car in a fit of anger, throwing the broken handle out the window. With an alcohol level more than three times the legal limit that night, Moreira went before Ipswich Magistrates Court for sentence on Tuesday. Bruno Silva Moreira, 22, from Kingston, pleaded guilty to driving UIL at Redbank Plains on December 27 last year; and causing wilful damage to police prop...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Suffolk Park man who has been convicted for drink driving blamed his "genetics" for being over the legal limit, a court has heard. Anthony Peter Guterres was self represented at Lismore Local Court on Monday, where was sentenced for a drink driving charge. The court heard Guterres had pleaded guilty in October to driving with a low range PCA, after he recorded a 0.06 blood alcohol reading during a random breath test. This was the third time Guterres had bee...