4 December 2013

Gordon woman passes out drunk behind the wheel

4 December 2013 | By johnboy

A 38-year-old Gordon woman has attempted to drive home from a Christmas party more than four times over the legal limit.

Around 11.30pm last night (Tuesday, 3 December), police were conducting mobile patrols in Phillip when they observed a vehicle stopped in the bus stop and obstructing a lane on Melrose Drive Phillip between Theodore and Launceston Street.

Police approached the driver and found her slumped behind the steering wheel.

The driver was unable to comprehend simple instructions and at one point, attempted to restart the car and drive off.

The driver returned a positive screening test for alcohol and was taken to Woden Police Station where she undertook a breath analysis.

She returned an Alcohol Concentration reading of 0.219, more than four times the legal limit, had her license immediately suspended and will be summonsed to court for this high level offence.

Traffic Operations Superintendent Kenton Turner said this person’s decision to drive when heavily intoxicated put herself and others road users at grave risk.

“By all means celebrate the festive season, but do it safely. Don’t let friends or colleagues get behind the wheel after drinking you might just save their life,” Superintendent Turner said.

[Courtesy ACT Policing]

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Felix the Cat10:15 am 05 Dec 13

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

harvyk1 said :

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Other ways to get home
1. Get a lift with a friend, either back to her own house, or to the friends house
2. Get a taxi and pick up the car the next morning.
3. Get a sober friend to drive her car home and then have the friend crash at her place or the friend take the car back to their place.
4. Get a hotel room near to the party, drive home the next morning.

All of these options are far cheaper than a high range drink driving charge.

Cheapest: sleep in your car. Being that drunk means she wouldn’t have been uncomfortable, even in a Daihatsu.

I think that’s still illegal if you have your keys on you? Or is that another urban myth?

I think it’s only an offence if the keys are in the ignition. If they are in your pocket then it’s ok.

maxblues9:56 am 05 Dec 13

Drink driving is tiring.

harvyk19:47 am 05 Dec 13

caf said :

harvyk1 said :

2. Get a taxi and pick up the car the next morning.

If you’re that sozzled you might well still be over the limit the next morrning.

That is true, and as such if you are still feeling seedy it’s probably best not to drive, that said it’s an option…

Felix the Cat9:37 am 05 Dec 13

gooterz said :

If they named drink drivers there would be less of them

They used to (in the Canberra Times). Jack Waterford recently wrote an article about it a while back – http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/biter-bitten-bowed-but-not-bitter-20130928-2ul88.html

caf11:14 pm 04 Dec 13

harvyk1 said :

2. Get a taxi and pick up the car the next morning.

If you’re that sozzled you might well still be over the limit the next morrning.

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd10:23 pm 04 Dec 13

harvyk1 said :

…
Other ways to get home
1. Get a lift with a friend, either back to her own house, or to the friends house
2. Get a taxi and pick up the car the next morning.
3. Get a sober friend to drive her car home and then have the friend crash at her place or the friend take the car back to their place.
4. Get a hotel room near to the party, drive home the next morning.

All of these options are far cheaper than a high range drink driving charge.

Cheapest: sleep in your car. Being that drunk means she wouldn’t have been uncomfortable, even in a Daihatsu.

I think that’s still illegal if you have your keys on you? Or is that another urban myth?

gooterz10:07 pm 04 Dec 13

If they named drink drivers there would be less of them

CraigT8:42 pm 04 Dec 13

jett18 said :

voytek3 said :

Am I the only one that finds this fantastic? She had to get home somehow.

The best part is she was probably still a better driver than most of you when she was awake.

It is just sad and pathetic that you find it necessary to troll on this article.

I hope that I never find myself in a car with you, sharing a road with you or walking across a pedestrian crossing while you are driving, because obviously you are one of those people who think that drink driving is perfectly OK.
Because of that, I find you, in your own words “fantastic”. Full sarcasm intended.
Idiot.

Moral panic.

Something for the dull and tedious to outrage over.

Boring.

I recall driving in Ireland (especially the West) where coping with drunk drivers was a daily activity. Big deal.

IrishPete7:37 pm 04 Dec 13

As usual, I am curious about how she got home. Skumped in the back of a taxi? Pushed out the front door of the police station? Someone with a Blood Alcohol reading of that level should have to sleep it off in the cells.

rhino5:21 pm 04 Dec 13

jett18 said :

It is just sad and pathetic that you find it necessary to troll on this article.

I hope that I never find myself in a car with you, sharing a road with you or walking across a pedestrian crossing while you are driving, because obviously you are one of those people who think that drink driving is perfectly OK.
Because of that, I find you, in your own words “fantastic”. Full sarcasm intended.
Idiot.

I don’t really understand why you’ve identified him as a troll and yet you think he’s actually a real life drink driver defending himself. The likelihood is, if he’s trolling so blatantly, he’s not doing it to argue a position, but to get someone worked up over it. Which he has achieved quite effectively, as demonstrated by you calling him names.