The Star: June 15, 2017

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of drink drivers
He said they had seen an increase
in people buying food, and staff
monitored their patrons closely
and encouraged them to eat.
Sullivans manager Subhadra
Marshall said: “People are more
aware of what they’re drinking.”
The statistics showed in
Christchurch, 1562 appeared in
the district court charged with
drink driving last year. It was
2080 in 2007.
In comparison, last year 78
people appeared in the Ashburton
District Court charged
with drink driving, and 170 in
Timaru.
In 2007, people aged 19-yearsold
and under had the most
convictions for drink driving in
Christchurch with 473.
But last year, the number of
under-19s convicted had dropped
to 154, and the 20-24-year-old
bracket was the highest with 323
convictions.
That was followed by the 25-29
age bracket with 274.
Inspector Stewart said police
and communities could not be
complacent.
People needed to continue to
have “hard conversations” with
family members, whatever their
age, if they were putting themselves
and others at risk by drink
driving, he said.
“Police will continue to enforce
alcohol-related offending at a high
level to reduce the trauma and
family harm that results from it.”
FOCUS: Canterbury road
policing manager Inspector
Al Stewart says police have
been targeting alcohol harm
in general, and especially on
the roads.
NEW
NORMAL:
More drivers
are drinking
low alcohol
beer and
non-alcohol
wines.
While the number of
people charged with drink
driving in Canterbury has
almost halved in the last
10 years – changing public
attitude has not deterred
others
•A 38-year-old woman
was caught drink driving
more than four times the
legal limit with her two
young children in Rolleston.
Melanie Susan Trebilco
pleaded guilty to a charge
of driving with excess
blood alcohol after being
caught at a random stop on
Tennyson St on December
9. Her alcohol level was
1157mcg/L. Police said she
refused to let officers escort
her three and
nine-year-old children, as
the car did not have car
seats. She was disqualified
from driving for eight
months, and fined $1000 in
January.
•On the same day,
another Rolleston mother
recorded a reading of
696mcg/L when stopped
in Faringdon subdivision
with her four-year-old child
in the car. The 35-year-old
was pulled over after failing
to stop at a stop sign.
•Well-known race car
driver and businessman
Paul Kelly was caught by
police doing a burnout
in a classic car outside
a Christmas party while
under the influence. The
47-year-old had been
drinking for the day on
December 16 and blew
853mcg/L. He was
disqualified from driving for
six months and fined $600.
• Sarah Jane Arrow was
on a zero-alcohol licence
when she got behind the
wheel after drinking last
year. The 45-year-old was
driving along Main Rd,
four times the legal limit,
and failed to take a bend,
crashing into pedestrian
Ben Appleton. He flew
2m onto the rocks below,
suffering two broken legs,
and a fractured skull and
spine. In September Arrow
was sentenced to twoand-a-half
years in prison
and was banned from
driving for the rest of her
life. She was ordered to pay
$2500 in reparation to Mr
Appleton. It was her fourth
conviction for drink driving.
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