GLADSTONE PARK, VIC. — Fawkner Highway Patrol officers caught two drink drivers in Roxburgh Park and Essendon Fields yesterday.
Police intercepted a five-seater vehicle on Western Ring Road, Gladstone Park with seven people onboard, after it was detected travelling 130km/h in an 80km/h speed zone about 3.45am.
The driver, a P2 probationary licence holder, tested positive for alcohol and returned an evidentiary breath test reading of 0.046 per cent BAC, despite being required to be zero.
Five men crammed in the backseat of the car were all allegedly not wearing seatbelts.
The driver, a 19-year-old Roxburgh Park man, had his car immediately impounded.
He will be charged on summons with excessive speed 45kph or more, drink driving, failing to display P plates, and five counts of failing to ensure the passenger is wearing a seatbelt.
The rear passengers, an 18-year-old Craigieburn man, three 19-year-old Craigieburn men and a 21-year-old Craigieburn man, were each fined $407 for failing to wear a seatbelt.
The vehicle was impounded at a cost to the driver of $999.52.
The diligent highway patrol officers later clocked a car travelling south on Citylink in Essendon Fields, driving at 156km/h in a 100km/h speed zone, about 4.50am.
The vehicle was intercepted, and the driver returned an evidentiary breath test reading of 0.122 per cent BAC.
The driver, a 22-year-old Western Australian man, was served with an immediate licence suspension, disqualifying him from driving in Victoria for a period of 12 months.
The car was impounded at a cost of $999.52.
The driver is expected to be summoned to appear at a Magistrates’ Court at a later date to face drink driving offences.
These two interceptions formed part of Operation Scoreboard, a statewide road policing operation that coincided with the AFL Grand Final long weekend in Victoria, to drive down road trauma.
