A young drunken driver decided to take his car home despite the fact that the bonnet of the car had been damaged by colliding with a planter, and visibility was substantially impaired.
His blood/alcohol level was three times over the limit when he and his very damaged car were stopped by a police patrol in Fontvieille at 05:00 on March 12, local French-language daily Monaco Matin reported.
He admitted drinking seven glasses of vodka and Red Bull before attempting his perilous drive home.
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The culprit had previously appeared before the Monaco Criminal Court for a similar offence, committed on October 23, 2016. On that occasion he lost control of his car – believed not to be the same one – at the Portier roundabout, hit a low wall and finished straddling the pedestrian crossing, also just before 05:00 in the morning. The car’s windscreen was smashed and the airbag triggered.
However, first time out he was given a suspended sentence – of eight days. He will now serve a total of less than two weeks in jail, both sentences taken into account.
The court president intoned: “It was a good thing you didn’t hurt anyone.” It seems the defendant’s drunk-driving targets extend only to low walls and planters.
