SHAMED: A list of the southwest’s worst drivers

HERE are some of the most dangerous drivers that have been caught across the southwest. SEE THE LIST INSIDE:

A woman who was caught driving more than three times the legal limit at Rainbow Beach last week lost her licence for nine months.

FROM attaching ‘stolen’ numberplates from another car, to driving high on acid, the southwest has had some terrible drivers facing court over the past three months.

Here are seven of the worst traffic offenders from the southwest:

Serial traffic offender done driving with ‘stolen’ plates

OLIVER Luis Lopez thought he could get away with attaching another car’s number plates to his car while going for a cruise through Morven, but he wound up in court instead.

The 47-year-old, who has a four page traffic history, appeared via phone at the Charleville Magistrates Court on August 26 on three charges from May 8.

Defending himself, Lopez pleaded guilty to the charges of using a vehicle while number plates were attached to that vehicle for another vehicle, driving an unregistered vehicle, and driving an uninsured vehicle.

Lopez said he “wasn’t aware the number plates were stolen.”

Magistrate Peter Saggers slapped Lopez with a conviction and a $250 fine for the number plate and driving unregistered offences.

He was also convicted and fined $250 for driving uninsured.

Roma teen sentenced for high-level drink driving into oncoming road train

A MAGISTRATE warned Tobias Oscar Shefe that he was lucky to be alive after the 19-year-old drove three times the limit on the wrong side of the road towards oncoming traffic.

Police prosecutor sergeant Heather Whiting told the court that at 7.45pm on August 5, a witness observed Schefe leave the Whitebull Tavern and stumble into his car.

Former Maranoa Regional Councillor David Schefe was at the back of the courtroom in support when Sgt Whiting told the court his son was driving on Bowen St in a western direction and drove over a concrete traffic island damaging his front tyre causing sparks to fly.

Sgt Whiting said a road train travelling east was forced to break heavily to avoid a collision with the defendant’s vehicle.

Magistrate Saggers labelled Schefe’s actions as a “very serious example of misjudgment”.

Schefe was fined $1500 for the two offences and disqualified from driving for seven months.

The conviction was recorded on the defendant’s traffic history.

Serious charges for Charleville dad who crashed motorbike

A FATHER is expected to be slapped with serious charges after crashing a trail bike he was riding with his child as a passenger on a dirt road.

Police allege the father was riding the uninsured and unregistered bike and crashed it at about 5pm on August 20.

The Charleville man is expected to be charged with driving and unregistered and uninsured vehicle, riding on a motorcycle with a passenger under eight years old, and driving a motorcycle without a licence.

“Luckily the child was not badly hurt and the embarrassed father will appear in court in September,” Charleville officer in charge Mark Everitt said.

The father is expected to appear in Charleville Magistrates Court on September 22.

Father of six charged with sitting in the drivers seat after a dozen beers

A FATHER of six received an intense lecture by a magistrate after police found him a dozen beers deep sitting in the drivers seat with the keys in the ignition, slurring his words and with bloodshot eyes while music played over the speakers.

Jefffrey Baoga Simiga, 43, a Soloman Islander who is currently working in Gatton was visiting Charleville to attend a friend’s party.

Police prosecutor sergeant Caroline Boodnikoff told the court at 4.50am on May 9, police observed the defendant’s car on Edwards St with the head and tail lights switched on.

Police approached his car and noticed the keys in the ignition, the radio playing music and Simiga with bloodshot eyes, slurring his words and smelling of alcohol.

Sgt Boodnifoff said the defendant produced his Soloman licence to police and admitted he had consumed 12 Great Northern mid-strength beers from 6pm the previous evening.

He returned a breath analysis reading of 0.165 per cent.

Pregnant woman rammed car on McDowall St

Nicole Ellen Millard, 38, pleaded guilty to 11 charges including dangerous driving, fraud, obstructing police, stealing, possession of dangerous drugs, supplying dangerous drugs and breaching bail.

Police prosecutor sergeant Heather Whiting told the Roma Magistrates Court the most serious of offences occurred in June last year, when Millard used a Toyota Landcruiser wagon to ram another car on McDowall St.

“This is aggravated by the fact there were two previous dangerous operations on the defendant’s history,” Sgt Whiting said.

“Also around 14 breaches of bail on her history, 13 of which occurred from March 15-May 14 until she was brought into custody.

“This seems to reflect Ms Millard’s lifestyle at the time being quite itinerant and perhaps, chaotic.”

Magistrate Saggers sentenced Ms Millard to 12 months in jail.

The defendant was released on parole with just over three months of pre-sentence custody already served taken into account.

‘You’ll kill someone’: Charleville woman driving on meth

A MAGISTRATE has warned a Charleville woman that she will kill someone if she continues to get behind the wheel while high on meth or drunk.

Corina Dallas Willett fronted Charleville Magistrates Court on Monday, July 27 charged with one count of drug driving, drink driving, assaulting a police officer, committing public nuisance, obstructing a police officer, threatening violence, trespassing and wilful damage.

For the drug driving charge, Willett was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for three months.

For drink driving, she was given a $750 fine and disqualified for five months.

“Don’t drive during that time, you’ll kill some doing that,” the magistrate said.

Repeated Roma drug driver caught with acid

Gregory Ross Morrison, 53, appeared in the Roma Magistrates Court on July 7 charged with possession of dangerous drugs and operating a vehicle while the relevant drug was present.

Police prosecutor sergeant Heather Whiting told the court, on January 24 police intercepted Morrison on Quintin St for a roadside drug and alcohol test.

Further tests confirmed methamphetamine and cannabis was in the defendant’s saliva.

That same night when Morrison was entering the police car, a small clipsal bag dropped from his pocket containing LSD.

Morrison denied knowing where the bag came from.

Sgt Whiting said the defendant had previously served terms of imprisonment for similar offences.

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