Aussie banned from driving.

An Australian man was last Thursday stopped by the police in Auckland after the police noticed suspicious behaviour while driving. The man, Brett Canoleum(25) was given a breath test, which he failed, and was taken to the policestation for a further test of his alcohol level. There the police found that his blood alcohol was 0,4, 0,1 under the minimum limit for driving in Australia.

"I had already taken four pints," said Canoleum "and I thought it was going so well, but obviously it just wasn't enough. I think I might have to go back to liquor again."

"We noticed a car driving worringly straight on the road and also stopping at all the red lights and decided we should stop him," said the arresting officer. "When he rolled down the window I could barely smell alcohol from his breath. At first I thought he had taken a breathmint or something."

Although the Caoleum pleaded his case for the court saying that he didn't know he metabolised alcohol that quickly, the court had no alternative but to ban him from driving for six months.

Sober drivers is becoming an increasing problem in Australia. A spokesperson for Drink and Drive Safely(DDS) said that this is a worrying trend.
"We can't have people go around driving sober. Alcohol is the biggest income we have in Australia, and the only one except tourism, so we need to make sure that people drink all they can, even if they are working the day after."

Several other groups, like Booze Support group(BS) and Friends of Underaged drinkers(FU), have put pressure on the government to place regular opening hours from in any official offices from 10 AM, to give people a chance to have less of a hangover when coming to work. They hope that this will stimulate a heavier drinking binge on weekdays to stimulate the economy. The government has issued a statement saying the will look into the matter.