Lisa Knox: P-plater caught drink-driving after losing control of car, leading to crash
A mother and P-plater who decided to drive a dodgy, unregistered car ended up being caught by police after a crash. Find out what happened in court here.
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A former upper north shore mother was caught drink-driving in a dodgy, unregistered car after she crashed into a brick wall and power pole after losing control of it on a Sydney road.
Lisa Knox, 21, of Fernances Crossing was charged with drive with middle range PCA; use unregistered Class A motor vehicle on road and use uninsured motor vehicle after an incident on March 26.
According to papers tendered in court Knox, a P-plate driver was driving along Mona Vale Rd in Pymble about 2am when she attempted to change lanes and the back of her vehicle began sliding out.
Police facts state she lost control of her vehicle, drove over a median strip onto the other side of the road and crashed into a brick wall.
But the damage didn’t end there, with the rear end of the car sliding out, hitting a power pole and taking down power lines, police facts state.
Luckily for Knox, an ambulance happened to be driving by and took her to Hornsby Hospital - she had suffered minor injuries including a sore pelvis and bruising from the seat belt over her right hip.
When police arrived at the scene they observed “the wires to the light poke to be on the road and the vehicle still with headlines on,” police facts state.
Blood and urine was taken from Knox who returned a positive result for alcohol which read 0.132.
During court proceedings Knox’s lawyer Sal Sapupo said Knox needed her licence.
“She lost her licence on the day, on the 26th of March. She was living with her partner in Pymble and has a two and a half year old son, she’s 21 your honour. She’s now a single mother and on the single parent pension,” Mr Sapupo said.
“She’s in a rural area 45km from the supermarket at Furnaces Crossing, it’s the Hunter Valley.”
He said his client now understood the risks to her actions.
“I’ve been talking to her. The situation happened when she’s been drinking and then decided she’s been sitting there a while and went onto the road. I have explained when you drink you don’t drive.
“We don’t want young people dead so I’ve gone over that with her going honour.”
Magistrate Louside McManus said the behaviour was “reckless”.
“You are the classic consequence of drink driving and having an uninsured driver,” Magistrate McManus said.
“The whole purpose of the P plate is you don’t drink at all and you wear a P plate on your car so people acknowledge you’re inexperienced but at 2am you’ve been drinking to the point of mid range and you’re driving around major streets and you have an accident.
“You have your mother here sitting and supporting you in court. You were very lucky you weren’t seriously injured and killed. Your mother is assisting you, she could need to look after your little one. That’s why the penalties are so severe.”
Knox was disqualified from driving for five months and received a Community Corrections Order for 12 months with a conviction.
Further, she is to undertake interlock and forced to pay $700 in fines.