A driver almost six times the legal alcohol limit and a mother with her child in the car were some of the Dunedin drink drivers who kept police busy over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police pulled over a 30-year-old man on Gowland St (State Highway 1) at 9.10pm Saturday due to the alleged manner of his driving.<\/p>\n
“The vehicle was slow, slight weaving within the lane, travelling at 30kmh an hour along the one-way system,” Snr Sgnt Bond said.<\/p>\n
The driver recorded a breath alcohol level of 1492mcg \u2014 5.9 times the legal limit of 250mcg.<\/p>\n
His licence was suspended and he was summonsed to appear in court.<\/p>\n
At 10.35pm on Saturday, police pulled over a 46-year-old driver on King Edward St due to her manner of driving.<\/p>\n
“That was: came out of the Night n’ Day car park, stopped at the red light but well over the line, protruding into the intersection,” Snr Sgnt Bond said.<\/p>\n
Her breath alcohol reading was 690mcg \u2014 her licence was suspended and she was summonsed to appear in court.<\/p>\n
“Also of concern that she had her 9-year-old child in the vehicle with her.”<\/p>\n
At 11pm Saturday, a 27-year-old woman was stopped allegedly doing 84km in the 60km zone on Caversham Valley Rd.<\/p>\n
She recorded a breath alcohol reading of 300mcg \u2014 “so two tickets there, one for the speeding, one for the alcohol level”, Snr Sgnt Bond said.<\/p>\n
Police stopped a 25-year-old man at 4.25am Saturday as he was allegedly driving the wrong way down the one-way section of Castle St.<\/p>\n
He recorded a breath alcohol level of 481mcg and would later appear in court.<\/p>\n
An 18-year-old male\u2019s licence was suspended when he recorded a breath alcohol level of 893mcg after being pulled over on Queen St at 1.40am Sunday.<\/p>\n
He was summands to appear in court, Snr Sgnt Bond said. \u00a0<\/p>\n
A 23-year-old man allegedly stopped short of a police checkpoint on Cumberland St on 11pm Friday, where he recorded a breath alcohol level of 600mcg and would later appear in court.<\/p>\n
Earlier that night, at a police checkpoint on Gowland St a 37-year-old male recorded a breath alcohol level of 593mcg, “so off to court for him too”, Snr Sgnt Bond said.<\/p>\n