Tinder driver Luke Anthony Woods charged with drink-driving after using dating app
A Central Coast man won’t be swiping right any time soon if he is jailed for high-range drink-driving after putting his car in a ditch while using the popular dating app Tinder.
A would-be Lothario is facing jail for drink-driving after he rolled his car into a drain and became stuck while using Tinder on his mobile phone.
Wyong Local Court heard Luke Anthony Woods was facing his fifth drink-driving charge after pleading guilty to blowing nearly four times the legal limit.
An agreed set of facts tendered to court revealed the 35-year-old from Charmhaven was driving north along the Pacific Highway about 10.30pm on Friday, June 6, when he turned into Chain Valley Bay Rd and stopped in a dirt section on the left of the road.
“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 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.
After perusing his 13-page driving and criminal history, Magistrate Caleb Franklin told the court it was Woods’ fifth drink-driving offence and was a breach of a suspended jail sentence in Queensland.
Mr Franklin said it was not often he considered sending a high-range drink-driver straight to full-time custody and ordered a full pre-sentence report to see what options were available.
Mr Franklin adjourned the matter to September 2 for sentence, to which Woods replied “be nice”.
Mr Franklin then admonished Woods for not appreciating the severity of the situation he had place himself in.
“This is the fifth time you’re before a court for drink-driving,” Mr Franklin said.
Woods’ criminal record, tendered in court, showed four prior drink-driving offences along with other convictions including breaking and entering, possessing house breaking implements, contravening an apprehended violence order and possessing and supplying a prohibited drug.