TWO mates heading home after a big night out at Mornington’s pubs and clubs took the wrong option, Saturday 17 August. Instead of splitting a taxi fare, calling a sober friend or walking the three kilometres home they decided to drive instead.
If life’s a lottery then the 20-year-old Mornington man lost: The p-plater was picked up driving his mate’s manual 4WD on his automatic-only licence. After being clocked at 97kph in an 80kph zone on Nepean Highway he blew 0.126 per cent and lost his licence for 12 months. His mate’s 4WD was impounded for 30 days.
“If you selected either of the first three options then congratulations,” Senior Constable Greg Wolfe said. “You have more common sense than the two young men who selected the last answer and who woke up next day hoping it was all a bad dream.”
First published in the Southern Peninsula News – 27 August 2019
