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Alarm bells went off when police noticed a car being driven suspiciously slowly through a car park at Redbank Plains.
Ipswich Magistrates Court heard the driver, Daniel Pauley, was breath tested and confirmed police suspicions, registering 0.112 – more than double the normal alcohol limit.
Daniel Blair Pauley, 42, from Redbank Plains, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to drink driving when on a probationary licence in Redbank Plains on March 17.
His alcohol reading should have been zero because of his licence status.
Prosecutor Senior Constable Bride O’Shea said it was just after 6pm when police saw a black Holden Cruze sedan being driven “in an excessively slow manner” in the carpark.
“This shows that anywhere, anytime, you can expect to see police on our roads,” he said.
“We can pop up near industrial locations, residential or major arterials.
“We are tired of having to go to serious road crashes, where people’s loved ones are being harmed, injured or killed.”
It comes after a similar operation on the Bruce Highway at the Glasshouse Mountains last week when more than 700 motorists were subject to a roadside test.
Of those, 16 people recorded positive readings for drug and alcohol.
Unlike the Bruce Highway sting where motorists were diverted off the highway, the Maroochydore Rd operation will be done at random.
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A Central Queensland mother-of-four broke down in tears as she faced court for the first time over a drink driving offence.
Krystal Ann Wilson, 37, who represented herself, pleaded guilty at Clermont Magistrates Court on March 10 to driving under the influence of liquor.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Paul Cramp said Wilson, who had no traffic history, was stopped for a roadside breath test on Tropic Street, Clermont, at 6pm on February 14.
He said she returned a positive result and later recorded a Blood-Alcohol Content reading of .168, more than three times the legal limit.
The Clermont mother, who was accompanied by her husband, told the court she was extremely remorseful and had been walking to work since the offence occurred, and getting lifts where she could.
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A Rockhampton drinking session landed a Gladstone man in court for drink driving, after he enjoyed too many pale ales.
I n Gladstone Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Daniel Peter Willersdorf, 38, pleaded guilty to driving over the general alcohol limit but not over the middle alcohol limit.
Police prosecutor Kelvin Boyd read the facts of Willersdorf’s case to the court and Magistrate Bevan Manthey.
On Saturday, January 23 police from Rockhampton Road Policing Unit were conducting stationary roadside breath testing on Moores Creek Rd, Rockhampton.
Around 6.50pm police stopped a blue Ford Falcon and identified Willersdorf as the sole occupant of the car.
Sen-Const. Burrell said police were forced to chase Booker on foot for 40 seconds. (Booker) has tipped the bike over falling on the ground ⦠the driver has then ran from police on foot, he said. Booker told police he had drunk seven to eight drinks and believed he was over the limit before he blew a blood alcohol reading of 0.168. Police later found Booker to be unlicensed. The bike was also unregistered and uninsured. Booker pleaded guilty in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday to six charges including driving under the influence, failing to stop a vehicle and obstructing police. The court heard Booker had similar offences on his history.