A man who was disqualified from driving until December 2023, because he did not enroll in the interlock program for drink drivers, was convicted when he appeared in Orange Local Court.
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Jacob Aaron Quick, 34, of Orchard Grove Road, was initially disqualified from driving for six months mid-range drink driving.
He was caught after police stopped him on March 2 after seeing a passenger with their arm and head out of his car.
Quick was fined $550 and he was disqualified from driving for six months.
In an unrelated matter, a truck driver who drove for 14 hours in a 24-hour period was also convicted in Orange Local Court.
Mark John Gibbs, 46, of Bligh Street, Oberon, was the driver of a rigid truck and was limited to driving for a maximum of 12 hours in any 24-hour period under fatigue management regulations.
The offence dating from November 28 and 29, was detected in an inspection of his log-book when he was stopped on the Mitchell Highway at Guyong on March 17.
He did not appear in court and was fined $440.
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