ACT:ACT man nabbed drink driving twice in hours

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2011
ACT:ACT man nabbed drink driving twice in hours

CANBERRA, April 27 AAP - A 41-year-old man has been caught drink driving twice in less
than three hours, Canberra police say.

The driver first recorded a positive breath test at 7.45pm (AEST) on Saturday.

His reading was 0.186, nearly four times above the 0.05 limit, and his driver's licence
was immediately suspended.

Just hours later, at 10.15pm, police spotted the driver in the same car and arrested him.

He recorded a second alcohol reading of 0.174 and he was subsequently arrested for
driving with a suspended licence.

Superintendent Mick Calatzis said he was astounded that the man tried to drive his
car a second time.

"We are doing our part but drink driving will not stop until the community, as a whole,
decides that this is a completely unacceptable practice," he said in a statement on Wednesday.

The man is scheduled to appear before ACT Magistrates Court on May 5.

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