Aussie man charged with drink-driving en route to driving test!
February 14th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, Feb 14 (ANI): A learner driver has been arrested for drink-driving while on his way to sit his “provisional license test”.
The police said they spotted a silver Hyundai driving in excess of the 40k/h roadwork speed limit on the Newell Highway, about 25km north of West Wyalong, about 1pm (AEDT) today.
Officers stopped the car and submitted the learner driver to a breath test, which allegedly returned a positive result, reports news.com.au.
The 43-year-old man was arrested and taken to West Wyalong Police Station where he underwent a breath analysis and returned a low-range reading of 0.075.
He was issued a court attendance notice for driving with a low-range PCA and is due to appear in West Wyalong Local Court on Thursday 31 March 2011. (ANI)
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