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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 on Smith and his eyes were glassy.
Mr Boyd said Smith told police he drank Great Northern beers and wine the night before.
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A young drug userâs reality about the negatives of using illicit drugs came crashing down on him - literally.
Riley Lindsay Jaques had marijuana in his system when he crashed a car while trying to avoid two large boulders in the middle of Byfield Rd.
Jacques also had a clip-seal bag of green, leafy material.
He spent his birthday in Rockhampton Magistrates Court this week, pleading guilty to one count of drug driving and one of possessing a dangerous drug.
Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd said the crash was on Byfield Rd, Byfield, at 2.30pm on September 26, with witnesses saying Jacques crashed the car taking evasive action to avoid two boulders in the middle of the road.
But when it comes to impaired drivers, some forces have tested it as a last resort: they can’t figure out any other way to get escalating impaired rates down, as fatalities and injuries go up. The problem is that
no study exists that says it works. Embarrassed and humiliated drivers may end up clearing their names at the end of the process, but
after their neighbours and co-workers have banged the gavel on their assumed guilt.
You can’t un-ring a bell, and jobs, reputations, and relationships could end up as collateral damage. Still, we shouldn’t throw out valuable information if we can find a way to use it responsibly.
A number of drink and drug-drivers were dealt with in Rockhampton Magistrates Court this week. Josef Simeon Alexander Schlapfer, 20, had a blood-alcohol content reading of .090 when he was intercepted driving along Bolsover St, Rockhampton, at 7.10am on January 9.
Schlapfer pleaded guilty to the charge in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 28.
Police prosecutor Jess King said Schlapfer told police he had been drinking until about 3am that morning and was driving to the Leichhardt Hotel.
Defence lawyer Samantha Legrady said her client thought he was okay to drive and was going to get food.
Schlapfer was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for three months.