NSW Police have charged a woman who refused to take an RBT – two days in a row. Photo: SCM Jeans.
An Illawarra woman has been charged with failing to submit to a breath analysis twice in two days.
A NSW Police spokesperson said police were notified of a person driving erratically on Lake Entrance Road, Warilla, at about 3:50 pm on Wednesday 17 September.
“Officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command stopped the sedan on the Primbee Bypass,” the NSW Police spokesperson said.
“Police subjected the 34-year-old female driver to a roadside breath test, where she allegedly returned a positive reading.
“She was arrested and taken to Port Kembla Police Station where she allegedly was unable to provide a sufficient result and then allegedly refused a subsequent breath analysis.
“She was issued with a court attendance notice for refuse or fail to submit to breath analysis and her licence was suspended.”
At about 8:20 am the following day, Thursday 18 September, officers attached to the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were patrolling The Esplanade, Oak Flats when they saw the same sedan.
The NSW Police spokesperson said officers approached the female driver who had parked in a nearby carpark.
“When police requested a breath analysis, she allegedly refused,” the NSW Police spokesperson said.
“She was arrested and taken to Lake Illawarra Police Station for the purpose of a breath analysis, where she allegedly refused.
“She was charged with refuse or fail to submit to breath test, refuse or fail to submit to breath analysis and drive motor vehicle while licence suspended.
“Her keys were confiscated for 24 hours.”
The woman was granted conditional bail and will appear in Port Kembla Local Court on Wednesday 22 October.
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