After work drinks ended badly for a Dunedin man when he lost control of his car and wrapped it around a power pole.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old was heading home on Hillside Rd last night when his car spun out in wet conditions at the Forbury Rd roundabout.<\/p>\n
After telling police he’d had \u201cafter work drinks\u201d, he underwent breath testing procedures, Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said.<\/p>\n
He recorded a breath alcohol reading of 805mcgs, three times over the legal limit.<\/p>\n
The man was uninjured and his\u00a0vehicle was towed from the scene<\/p>\n
He was charged with excess breath alcohol and careless driving and his license was suspended for 28 days.<\/p>\n
Police also conducted three impairment checkpoints yesterday, testing 898 drivers with only one over the legal limit.<\/p>\n
The checkpoints took place in Bank St, King Edward St, and Musselburgh Rise.<\/p>\n
A 39-year-old woman failed her passive breath test at the Bank St checkpoint.<\/p>\n
Her breath screening test showed over 400mcgs, Sgt Lee said.<\/p>\n
The woman told police she had drunk one and a half pints.<\/p>\n
She had elected for bloods and police are waiting for the results of the sample<\/p>\n
Sgt Lee described the results of the three checkpoints as \u201cpretty good\u201d.<\/p>\n
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