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At about 3.30am last Saturday  a 37-year-old male was driving a Toyota Landcruiser 4×4 wagon bearing Queensland registration plates as it travelled south on Bangalow Road, Byron Bay.

The vehicle was stopped for a random breath test.

The breath test proved positive, so the driver was arrested and taken to Byron Bay for a breath analysis. The analysis returned a reading of 0.109grams.

Regarding the consumption of alcohol, the driver indicated he consumed four different beers of various sizes between 8pm on the Friday and 2.30am on the Saturday.

The driver will appear at Byron Bay court on the May 9. His licence was immediately suspended.


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5 COMMENTS

    • If a male wrote similar comments referring to a female it would be considered misogynistic and offensive.
      Your comments are distasteful and are a ridiculous generalisation. Maybe you find yourself associating with the wrong men. Who’s error of judgement would that be? BTW I think the word you may be searching for now is misandry! look it up.

    • Oh, I see.
      Because all women think the same way you do, and all men behave the same way this guy did.
      ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

      Your comments are indeed “distasteful and a ridiculous generalisation.”

      Grow up and take some responsibility for the choices you have made in life.
      And do please go and Google ‘misandry’ while you’re at it.

      This is the toxic form of feminism that has made so many good people turn away from it.
      Sad indeed.

  1. Yes, misandry. Also, those from over the border need to learn that even though pubs serve jugs, they do not count as ‘a’ beer …

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