Drink driver caught in school zone, Spring Hill
‘Anywhere, Anytime’ includes school zones at 2pm on a Thursday afternoon as one Brisbane driver found out when he was detected allegedly not only speeding but driving at more than three times the legal limit.
Officers from the Brisbane City Road Policing Unit were conducting traffic operations in a Gregory Terrace school zone when they detected a 4WD allegedly speeding at nearly twice the posted limit (76km/hr in a 40km/hr zone) yesterday.
Police will further allege the male driver, when directed by police to pullover his vehicle, put his vehicle into reverse and collided with the car behind him.
Superintendent Dave Johnson, Road Policing Command said dangerous driving behaviour which places the lives of Queenslanders at risk is one hundred per cent unacceptable and police remain committed to finding these drivers and taking them off our roads.
A 39-year-old Newport man is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 22 charged with driving under the influence (UIL) with an alleged 0.162 grams of alcohol in 210 litres of breath.
The man was also issued infringement notices for speeding and reversing when not safe.
No-one was injured as a result of the collision, with both vehicles sustaining minor damage.
The man is not associated with the school and police will allege he had travelled from Eatons Hill before being intercepted at Spring Hill.
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