Police & Drunk teenager

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Drunk teen 'led police on slow car chase'

June 14, 2010 - 12:50PM

A drunk 14-year-old behind the wheel of an allegedly stolen ute led police on a slow chase near Bendigo.

Police spotted the boy swerving along McIvor Road, in Strathdale, about 12.45am yesterday and signalled him to stop.

The teen, however, ignored them and turned right into a nearby street.

Officers turned on their sirens and followed the ute - which they believe was stolen - as it crawled along the street.

Sergeant Bruce Simpson, of Bendigo police, said the youth did not reach high speeds during the pursuit.

He had not exceeded the speed limit, he said. “The driver did not want to stop and police pursued the driver at slow speed.”

The youth stopped at the first major intersection and ran into bush near Kennington Reservoir.

Police chased him, Sergeant Simpson said, and caught him quickly.

The youth was taken to Bendigo police station where he was charged with theft of a vehicle, drink-driving and other traffic offences.

Four drivers were charged with exceeding the .05 blood-alcohol level after police stopped about 1200 drivers for random tests during the holiday weekend.

The tests were conducted during Operation Aegis, a traffic blitz that started on Friday and finishes at midnight tonight.

Acting Senior Sergeant Peter Beaman of the Bendigo traffic management unit said several traffic officers from Melbourne came to support the region in a bid to reduce accidents.

“From Friday night to Sunday morning, with help from a Melbourne auxiliary, more than 30 officers had clocked up almost 300 working hours.

“In that time they issued 205 traffic infringement notices and randomly breath-tested 1200 drivers."

Across the state, more than 2477 offences were recorded with more expected today as part of the state-wide operation.

Among those, 894 were for speeding, 260 for using mobile phones, 108 for not wearing seatbelts, 156 for other traffic offences, 52 disqualified drivers and 85 unlicensed drivers.

Police have breath-tested 27,312 drivers and found 88 above the legal limit.

Superintendent Neville Taylor warned that it was not just drivers who needed to take care, after a pedestrian was hit and killed in Noble Park.

The 42-year-old man was hit as he tried to cross the Princes Highway about 12.25am yesterday.

Summary

http://www.theage.com.au/

Drunk teen 'led police on slow car chase'

June 14, 2010 - 12:50PM

A drunk 14-year-old behind the wheel of an allegedly stolen ute led police on a slow chase near Bendigo.

Sergeant Bruce Simpson, of Bendigo police, said the youth did not reach high speeds during the pursuit.

“The driver did not want to stop and police pursued the driver at slow speed.”

Four drivers were charged with exceeding the .05 blood-alcohol level after police stopped about 1200 drivers for random tests during the holiday weekend.

Acting Senior Sergeant Peter Beaman of the Bendigo traffic management unit said several traffic officers from Melbourne came to support the region in a bid to reduce accidents.

“In that time they issued 205 traffic infringement notices and randomly breath-tested 1200 drivers."

Police have breath-tested 27,312 drivers and found 88 above the legal limit.

Personal Reflection

It is evident that drunk drivers increases sharply and society facing major problems which effect our life. Living in safety environment and respecting each others right as a citizen are values of Australia. So, to Look deeply to this report, we can see that 14 years old teenager stealing a car to prove what? I think not only the young boy, parents should be more responsible to his attitude. We could not blame our law but l recognized from the static our society needs more strict law to reduce crime that mostly related to traffic offences.