POLICE have booked a P-plater, 63km/h over the speed limit and failing a blood alcohol test.
The 20-year-old provisional licence holder, with four passengers in his blue Volkswagen utility, was clocked on Cotter Road, Curtin, on Friday (August 12) at about 9.15pm, doing 143km/h in the 80km/h zone.
Police followed the ute along Adelaide Avenue, Yarralumla, and say the driver temporarily lost control of the vehicle at a bend.
When stopped, he returned a positive roadside alcohol screen (provisional drivers are subject to a zero blood alcohol limit). When tested at City Police Station, the driver returned a breath analysis of 0.049.
He will face court at a later date.
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