Drink drivers met with big fines and significant licence disqualification periods
The decision to drink and drive can have lasting consequences to a person’s life, as these people found out in Sandgate Magistrates Court on Monday.
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The decision to drink and drive proved expensive for several people who faced attended Sandgate Magistrates Court on July 27.
Tyrone Gala was intercepted on April 24 at Brighton after being observed “driving all over the road”, the court heard. He recorded a BAC of 0.135.
Gala was also charged with failing to comply with the requirements of his learner’s licence and not displaying L plates and pleaded guilty to all three charges.
“It’s taken a bit of a toll on me and my partner who drives me around now. I realise what I did was stupid,” Gala told the court.
He was fined a total of $1190 and disqualified from driving for four months.
Bruce Richard Powell was intercepted by police on Telegraph Rd at Bracken Ridge around
9.40pm on July 12.
The court heard Powell was seen moving in and out of the lanes. Cops stopped him and gave him a breath test. He recorded a BAC of 0.22.
He told police he hadn’t eaten since the previous evening and had consumed 12 XXXX Gold cans throughout the day. He pleaded guilty to the charge.
Magistrate Jennifer Batts said it was “beyond stupid”.
“It was a very high reading and you recently had a middle range reading that was very close to a high reading,” she said.
“If you in the future don’t address these matters for yourself you could risk some form of imprisonment. I can’t put it more significantly for you than that.”
Powell was fined $1400 and disqualified from driving for 15 months.
Shari Jacquelyne Cole was intercepted by patrolling police on April 25 at Barrett Street in Bracken Ridge after her vehicle stopped “in the middle of the street.
Police questioned Cole and noticed her slurring her words.
She told police she had consumed four beers at her mother’s house in Petrie and was heading home.
She recorded a BAC of 0.222 which Magistrate Batts called: “A very high reading.”
Cole was fined $1400 and disqualified from driving for nine months.