Drink driving charge, Upper Lockyer

Police will allege the story goes like this:

It’s just after midnight on New Year’s Day.

You have no helmet, no lights, no license and are riding a defective, uninsured and unregistered motorcycle.

You’re also more than three times the legal alcohol limit and you’ve just caught a lucky break because we’ve caught up with you.

This is the tale one New Year’s Eve reveller will be able to repeat in the future – now that he has one.

With 62 motorcycle riders killed on Queensland roads in 2016 we don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that this was one very lucky rider.

Police intercepted the motorcycle on Costellos Road, Upper Lockyer around 00.10am.

A 25-year-old Harlaxton man was arrested and transported to the Toowoomba Watch house where he was charged with six offences, including one count each of driving whilst under the influence of liquor (0.164 per cent), fail to wear a helmet, unlicensed driving , driving a defective vehicle, driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle. He is due to appear in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on January 24.

Today’s media release re ‘Day 10 of the Festive Break Road Safety Campaign’ can be accessed via
https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/blog/2017/01/02/road-safety-report-festive-break-day-10/

Queensland’s 2016 road toll was 250 – information can be accessed via
https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/blog/2017/01/01/250-fatalities-queensland-roads-2016/

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