Samantha Lee Kasapovic in court for drink driving
A learner driver caught driving unsupervised, with no L plates and a blood alcohol level of .127 per cent was hesitant to pull into random police breath testing station, a court has heard.
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A learner driver who was busted driving unsupervised and with a blood alcohol content of .127 per cent copped a hefty fine and had her licence suspended for four months.
Samantha Lee Kasapovic, 19, pleaded guilty to three charges in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on Tuesday: driving a motor vehicle while over the middle alcohol limit, driving a motor vehicle without displaying legible L Plates and not being properly supervised while on a Learner’s licence.
Kasapovic admitted to the court to consuming beer and vodka at her home on December 8, 2023 before getting behind the wheel where shortly afterwards she pulled into a roadside breath test station on Boat Harbour Drive, Pialba.
Police at the test site noted Kasapovic was “hesitant” to pull into the testing centre, the court was told.
Her hesitancy was explained when they found she was the sole occupant of the vehicle despite holding a learner’s licence.
She was then breath tested and blew 0.127. Learner drivers must have a 0.00 per cent blood alcohol content to drive.
Apologising for her actions, Kasapovic told the court:
“I regret my actions on that night, I put everybody at risk with what I did.”
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Recently obtaining her first job as a gardener at Fraser Shores Retirement Village in Urraween, Kasapovic told the court she earned about $1500 per week.
Magistrate Trinity McGarvie said while she had shown “remorse” the sentence placed upon her “needs to bring home the serious nature of the offending which has been committed”.
Kasapovic was fined her $1250 which was referred to SPER and her licence was suspended for four months.
No convictions were recorded.
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