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Each fortnight, a range of traffic matters face Gympie Magistrates Court, with many involving drink driving.
These are all the Gympie region residents who drove while over the high alcohol limit of .15, from highest reading to lowest.
1. Ian Arthur Moore
The 64-year-old Gympie retiree was more than five times the limit, blowing .261 when he crashed his car in Channon Street just before Christmas in 2019.
He pleaded guilty in Gympie Magistrates Court in 2020, was fined $1200 and disqualified from driving for 14 months.
2. Peter Charles Gayton
The 49-year-0ld, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of liquor after he blew .249 on Lawrence St in September.
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With Christmas and New Yearâs on the horizon there is no shortage of high traffic, parties, and subsequently more need for safety on Gympieâs roads.
Out of 21 crashes throughout the region in December last year, 12 ended with at least one person in hospital.
At this time of year, Queensland Police Service are encouraging drivers to remember the fatal five of speeding, drink driving, seatbelts, drug driving, medication and driving, fatigue and distractions, to keep yourself and loved ones safe.
As people are urged to stay safe on our roads, we look back at some of the drivers who risked lives of themselves and others on the regionâs roads this year.
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Subscriber only TWELVE men and women faced Gympie Magistrates Court last week after they made the decision to get behind the wheel with alcohol or drugs in their system. From alcohol readings nearly four times the legal limit to P-platers driving drunk on the beach, these locals have been found guilty of drink or drug driving this week.
Rachel Frances Hill Rachel Frances Hill, 32, had her licence suspended when she was caught driving while almost four times the limit - 0.189 - along Exhibition Road on November 25. Gympie Magistrates Court heard this week Hill was then caught driving the very next day.
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Subscriber only A 39-year-old arborist took his son s car for a test drive while drunk and disqualified, crashing it into a street pole in Glastonbury and blowing nearly four times the legal limit. Zeph Reidy Kelly pleaded guilty in Gympie Magistrates Court on Thursday to driving while disqualified and driving while under the influence. On August 24, Kelly was spinning the wheels of his son s Holden Sedan on a driveway before making his way onto the road. Police prosecutor Melissa Campbell said police attended the crash scene at 7:50pm where Kelly had hit a street sign at the intersection of Glastonbury Road.