You've got to be prepared. It's pretty easy to get bogged down in some of those sand traps...
Posted on 06/18/2006 11:21:07 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
POLICE used capsicum spray on a golfer they later charged with drink-driving after he allegedly did burnouts and doughnuts on a Northern Territory golf course yesterday.
The golfer, who was driving a golf buggy, returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.12 after he was arrested at the Palmerston Golf and Country Club.
Senior Sergeant Mark Stringer said the Palmerston man was allegedly doing burnouts and doughnuts and driving with a person on the roof.
Police were alerted by a member of the public playing in the club's Sunday competition who allegedly saw the man hooning with friends at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd holes.
The man allegedly refused a breath test at the course and, following a struggle, was capsicum-sprayed by officers trying to arrest him.
The man was eventually subdued, arrested and charged with exceeding .08 and resisting arrest. The club confirmed the 1st hole green and fairway was damaged during the golf buggy joy-ride.
"It's definitely fairly unusual," Sen-Sgt Stringer said. "Obviously his behaviour is what brought him to police attention - doing burnouts and that sort of thing."
Police believe the group was partying on following a buck's night.
Sen-Sgt Stringer said a golf buggy was classed as a motor vehicle and the golf course was a public place.
"It is a motor vehicle under the Motor Vehicles Act and a golf course is a public place. In a public place you are subject to the Traffic Act," he said.
"There may be some other charges forthcoming for damage at the golf course but that is subject to investigation."
Last night, Palmerston Golf and Country Club general manager Laurie Greenwood expressed disgust over the incident.
"We would look at pressing charges depending on the damage. We're not a rich club," he said.
"If there is damage we need to chase down the people that have caused it."
This is over the top. Who HASN'T hooned after a buck's night?
Ridiculous. No red blooded American man is drunk at .12. Same applies to Australians
What is hooning?
Hooning: carrying on like a lunatic; particularly after a few drinks and almost always in a motor vehicle.
1. hoon
1. To travel at speed in a confined area, or do burnouts on a public road in traffic ..
2. To show off in a dagerous manner, mostly with a vehicle or engine powered item ..
Look at that bloody dangerous hoon!!
(YELLED IN ANNOYANCE AT OFFENDER)
2. hoon
hoon (n) a vulgar type often male, a hooligan
(V) to hoon, to act in an unacceptable way
Did you see that bloody hoon last night hooning about in his Holden?
Oh, like, I was hooning in the Hooters lot, when I was
hounded by the coppers.
Did I mention I had been drink-driving?
Isn't it every fifth Thursday?
You've got to be prepared. It's pretty easy to get bogged down in some of those sand traps...
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