HASTINGS nightshift van clocked a speeding driver on Stony point Road, Bittern, last week doing 84kph in a 60kph zone.
When breath-tested the 28-year-old man of Tuerong, blew 0.208 per cent – four times the legal limit.
After his arrest, 4am, Friday 6 August, the man’s licence was suspended, and his vehicle impounded with a release fee of $1075. He will be charged on summons for a range of speed and drink-driving offences.
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 10 August 2021
