Aussie man charged with drink-driving en route to driving test!

15 February,2011 08:08 AM IST |   |  ANI

A learner driver has been arrested for drink-driving while on his way to sit his provisional license test


A learner driver has been arrested for drink-driving while on his way to sit his "provisional license test".

The police said they spotted a silver Hyundai driving in excess of the 40k/h roadwork speed limit on the Newell Highway, about 25km north of West Wyalong, about 1pm (AEDT) today.

Officers stopped the car and submitted the learner driver to a breath test, which allegedly returned a positive result, reports news.com.au.

The 43-year-old man was arrested and taken to West Wyalong Police Station where he underwent a breath analysis and returned a low-range reading of 0.075.

He was issued a court attendance notice for driving with a low-range PCA and is due to appear in West Wyalong Local Court on Thursday 31 March 2011.

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