A 29-year-old Berwick man allegedly blew .056 on the morning of Saturday 30 September after Prahran Highway Patrol officers set up a booze bus site on Toorak Road in Toorak.
The man received a fine for drink driving.
A 24-year-old Cranbourne North man was also caught in the drink driving blitz, returning an alleged reading of .123.
The man’s vehicle was also impounded at a cost of $896.10 and his licence suspended for 12 months.
Prahran Highway Patrol Senior Constable James Smith said he was appalled by the lack of judgement and concern shown for fellow road users.
“Drivers with readings this high are barely capable of stringing a sentence together, let alone travelling at speeds of 100km/h on one of our major freeways,” he said.
“It’s irresponsible and poses a danger not only to themselves but other motorists, pedestrians and innocent bystanders.”
The booze bus formed part of Operation Scoreboard, which finished on Sunday 1 October, was a state-wide focus targeting speed, driver distraction, seatbelt non-compliance, fatigue and drink and drug driving in an effort to reduce road trauma.
Prahran Highway Patrol Senior Constable Therese Szulik said nabbing one in 50 drink drivers in less than two hours were appalling.
“Operation Scoreboard is widely publicised and we will be saturating the streets this weekend in an effort to remove dangerous drivers from Victorian roads,” she said.
