{"id":15638,"date":"2012-11-08T22:09:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T12:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=15638"},"modified":"2020-07-29T18:35:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T08:35:11","slug":"traffic-stop-leads-to-six-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/11\/08\/traffic-stop-leads-to-six-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Stop Leads To Six Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 8, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police patrolling Kingaroy-Cooyar Road at Brooklands on August 30 pulled over a Ford Falcon after they saw it cross double lines to overtake a slower vehicle.<\/p>\n

They found the driver was unlicensed, the vehicle wasn’t registered or insured, and it was fitted with false number plates.<\/p>\n

The driver also failed a breath test, recording a reading of .073. <\/p>\n

Thomas Stephen Larsen, 46, from Brooklands, pleaded guilty to six traffic offences when he appeared in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today. <\/p>\n

Police Prosecutor Sgt Wayne Bushell said Larsen had been before the court for two major drink-driving offences in the past two years, recording .187 and .175 on those occasions.<\/p>\n

Solicitor Mark Werner, for Larsen, said his client was a mechanic who usually repaired vehicles at his home but had received a phone call from a friend whose car had broken down. He had made a very poor spur-of-the-moment decision to drive, but it was on a country road.<\/p>\n

“How many fatalities have to happen on country roads to get the message through that country roads can be more dangerous than highways?” Magistrate Mark Bucknall commented.<\/p>\n

Country roads were often not in the best condition with potholes and other hazards and required a degree of alertness even greater than driving on highways.<\/p>\n

He said the defendant’s behaviour had placed the public at risk.<\/p>\n

Larsen was convicted and placed on a 12 months supervision order and must undertake a “Driving With Care” program. He was also disqualified from driving or obtaining a licence for 16 months. <\/p>\n

On the remaining charges, he was fined $1378 which was converted by way of a fine option order to 63 hours community service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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