Drunk driver Luke Woods rolled into a ditch while checking Tinder
He was looking for love but going all the wrong way about it after rolling his car into a ditch, drunk, while checking the popular dating app Tinder.
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A luckless Romeo has avoided jail for his fifth drink-driving offence after rolling his car into a ditch while swiping for potential dates on Tinder.
Luke Anthony Woods was sentenced to seven months jail at Wyong Local Court but will serve the sentence by way of an intensive corrections order (ICO).
An ICO is regarded by the courts as the equivalent of a custodial sentence but served in the community.
It comes after the 35-year-old would-be Lothario was charged with high-range drink-driving after pulling over on Chain Valley Bay Rd about 10.30pm on Friday, June 6.
But it was while he was stopped on the side of the road that he ran into trouble, according to an agreed set of police facts.
“The accused has then used his mobile phone and used the dating app Tinder, and while he was using his mobile phone his vehicle has rolled backwards into a drain and became stuck,” the facts read.
An unknown motorist noticed his car and rang police.
Woods, of Charmhaven, later told police he was the owner of the car before failing a roadside breath test.
He was taken back to Toukley Police Station where he recorded a high-range blood alcohol reading of 0.188.
Checks revealed he was a disqualified P1 driver in NSW and was driving on a Queensland P2 licence.
Further checks revealed he was in breach of a suspended jail sentence in Queensland.
Magistrate Elizabeth Ellis sentenced him to concurrent seven-month ICO’s for both offences.