'Drink-driver' stopped three times in weekend

A Thames teenager on a restricted licence was picked up by police three times over the weekend for drink driving but is legally still allowed on the road.

Thames police Sergeant Tony Mumford said: "It just shows he has got a complete disregard for the law."

The 19-year-old was also given instant fines for driving an unwarranted vehicle as well as not stopping at a stop sign and driving outside the conditions of his restricted licence.

Mr Mumford said the teenager did not lose his licence because a driver's licence was only suspended if the driver was more than double the legal limit.

He said that that law was there for heavy drinkers with high breath-alcohol levels.

"There is nothing really that covers the repeat incidents because they don't really happen that much."

The teenager will appear in Thames District Court on Friday.

- NZPA