Man charged with drink driving three times in 24 hours after his daughter was caught drink driving

A man in Toronto, New South Wales, Australia has been allegedly caught drink driving three times within a 24 hour period. At about 11.25pm on Friday 28 February, police stopped a 19-year-old woman for a roadside breath test. The woman allegedly returned a positive result and was arrested and taken to Toronto Police Station, where she returned a breath analysis of 0.016.

It’s alleged when the girl’s 37-year-old father drove to the station shortly after; he returned a positive breath test and later a breath test analysis reading of 0.192. He was issued a field court attendance notice for driving with high range prescribed concentration of alcohol (PCA) and his Provisional driver’s licence was suspended.



At about 1.20am on Saturday 1 March, police stopped the man driving, where he underwent a roadside breath test, which allegedly returned a positive result. He was taken to Toronto Police Station, where he allegedly returned a breath analysis reading of 0.190. He was issued a field court attendance notice for driving with high-range PCA and driving whilst his licence was suspended.

At about 11pm on Saturday 1 March, the man was stopped again, when he lost control of the car and drove onto the incorrect side of the road. Police stopped the man and he allegedly returned a positive roadside breath test. He was taken to Toronto Police Station, where he returned an alleged breath analysis reading of 0.159. He was issued a third field court attendance notice for driving with high range PCA, driving whilst his licence was suspended and negligent driving. He will appear at Toronto Local Court on 19 March.