Drunk speedster who blew three times over the limit the day after drinking gets big ban, loses job
After Xavier Arozena got behind the wheel on his lunch hour, he was not only nabbed speeding, he also blew .177 as he was still drunk from a boozy night. But then his day got even worse.
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After Xavier Arozena got behind the wheel on his lunch hour, he was not only nabbed speeding, he also blew .177 because he was still drunk from a boozy night. But then Arozena’s day got even worse.
The sozzled speedster lost his job — and his licence — following his bumper binge on the booze, still managing to blow more than three times the legal limit the next day.
Arozena, 38, was pulled over by cops for doing 40km/h over the speed limit after downing a load of drink the night before, registering a reading of .177.
That was only part of the problem — when he called his boss to explain why he was late getting back from lunch, he was sacked on the spot.
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Arozena pleaded guilty to drink-driving and speeding at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
The court heard police had set up a speed trap operation on the Princes Highway in Springvale on September 16 last year.
At 1.44pm they saw Arozena’s Subaru race through, clocking 120km/h in the 80km/h zone.
When they caught up with him, he said his car was a turbo and he wanted to “stretch it a bit”.
He failed a breath test, and lost his licence there and then.
In court his defence lawyer said he had drunk a large amount of alcohol the previous night, pulling up stumps at 3am, before going to work in the morning.
He said Arozena’s employer of 12 years sacked him immediately, “taking a dim view” of him being alcohol-affected at work.
He said Arozena now works in the city and gets the train.
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His lawyer said he requested a non-conviction sentence because that could impact his new employment. His only prior traffic infringement was a speeding charge back in 2002.
Magistrate Julie O’Donnell said it was disturbing that he had been drunk at work and then got in his car and drove.
“A reading that high on a second occasion and I will jail you,” she warned.
Arozena was disqualified from driving for 17 months, backdated to September, and fined $1500.
No conviction was recorded.
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