Gold Coast Tesla driver allegedly caught drunk behind the wheel twice in three hours at Mount Nathan
Police reportedly caught the same Tesla owner driving under the influence not once but twice in a three-hour period last week.
Queensland Police have released footage captured on a body-worn camera of officers stopping the 50-year-old driver for a second time, just hours after her driver’s license was revoked.
“I told you not to drive,” an irritated police officer told the woman.
The woman was first stopped by police after allegedly driving 28km/h above the speed limit in a white Tesla SUV near Mount Nathan on the Gold Coast around midday on April 12.
She failed a roadside breath test and was taken back to Coomera police station where she reportedly blew 0.199, almost four times the legal blood alcohol limit.
A Tesla driver was caught driving under the influence twice within three hours
The police immediately confiscated the woman’s driver’s license and issued her a report for driving under the influence.
The woman left the police station in an Uber.
Less than three hours later, surprised police reportedly spotted the same woman behind the wheel of her electric car as she drove west on Beaudesert Nerang Road in Mount Nathan.
“You must be zero because you don’t have a permit right now,” the officer explained to the woman after she was stopped for the second time.
She then underwent another roadside breath test and is said to have returned a second positive result.
‘You’ve made it over again!’ the officer told the woman, who put her head in her hands.
The woman was driven back to Coomera police station where she reportedly blew 0.183, still well over the limit.
The woman was charged with driving under the influence for the second time.
She was also charged with driving while disqualified.
She is due to appear at Southport Magistrates Court on May 1.
Queensland Police have announced a crackdown on poor and illegal driving on the Pacific Motorway and in the Gold Coast hinterland.
The woman was fined twice for driving under the influence and once for driving with a suspended driver’s license
“We are sending a clear message that risky driving will not be tolerated,” Inspector Kayleen James said.
‘Whether it concerns speed, drunkenness or incorrect cargo securing: these are choices that can have deadly consequences.
“This operation is part of our commitment to reduce road tolls and make our roads safer for everyone.”