When you've gotta eat, you've gotta eat! Woman driver offers up an astonishing excuse after she's caught behind the wheel while FOUR TIMES over the limit
- A woman has allegedly been pulled over with a blood-alcohol content of 0.219
- When officers asked her why she was driving, she said she needed a burger
- The 55-year-old already had her licence expired until 2024 due to other offences
A woman has been caught allegedly drink driving while on the way to get a burger.
Officers spotted the 55-year-old allegedly swerving across the road in her Toyota Yaris on Thursday at Mittagong, in southern New South Wales, and pulled her over.
The woman allegedly returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.219, making her nearly four times over the legal limit.
Officers spotted the 55-year-old allegedly swerving across the road in her Toyota Yaris before she was found to have a blood-alcohol reading of 0.219 (stock image)
When police asked the driver why she was driving at the time, the woman explained she was going to get a burger.
After further investigation, police discovered the woman already had her licence suspended until 2024 due to previous offences.
The driver was then taken by police to Southern Highlands Police Station where her positive reading was confirmed.
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She was charged with high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, using an unregistered motor vehicle and driving a motor vehicle while disqualified.
The alleged drink-driver is due to face Moss Vale Local Court on Tuesday 21 April 2020.
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