A PROVISIONAL driver was fined in the Mount Isa Magistrates Court yesterday for driving a high powered vehicle not fitted with the required interlock device or P Plates.
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The court heard Quinton Edward Parsons had been travelling along Herbert Street in Boulia on October 30 when he was pulled over by police.
Licence checks showed Parsons was required to drive a nominated vehicle with an interlock, which is a device that requires the user to record below a certain breath alcohol content before the transmission will start.
Police also found Parsons held a P1 type licence which meant he needed red P plates fitted to the vehicle and was not allowed to drive a high performance vehicle such as the V8 Holden Maloo utility police had stopped him in.
Parsons said he had thought he was given an exemption to drive the vehicle but later acknowledged he was not permitted to drive the car on a P1 licence. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service solicitor Bob Quilliam said Parsons was married and working near Birdsville, and had taken the correct steps in applying for an exemption but had not taken those steps far enough.
Magistrate Rod Madsen fined Parsons $600 for the interlock offence, $330 for driving a high powered vehicle, $176 for failing to display P Plates, and disqualified him from driving for three months.
Mr Madsen warned him if another like offence was committed in five years the penalties would increase to the range of more than $6000.
