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Drink driving charges after man's evening lawnmower ride

A man in northern NSW has been charged with drink driving, after he allegedly took his lawnmower for a ride.

On Saturday, at around 7.45pm, officers attached to the Tweed-Byron Police District stopped a man on a ride-on lawnmower at the intersection of Shearer Court and Australia Drive, just south of Tweed Heads.

Police then decided to breath test the 40-year-old driver who returned a positive result, NSW Police said.

The man was stopped on the ride-on mower at Shearer Court and Australia Drive in Terranora. Source: Google Maps
The man was stopped on the ride-on mower at Shearer Court and Australia Drive in Terranora. Source: Google Maps

The man was then arrested and was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.

At the station, the man underwent a second breath analysis where he allegedly had a reading of 0.243, significantly higher than the legal blood alcohol limit.

The man was issued a Future Court Attendance Notice for high-range drink driving, driving without an interlock device and driving an unregistered type of motor vehicle on the road.

It is expected the man will appear at Tweed Heads Local Court on May 2.

the lawn mower drives through a green meadow - used to illustrate the man who was charged with drink driving while on a lawmower
The man was charged with high-range drink driving after police stopped him on the mower. Source: Getty Images, file

In NSW, mowers, including lawn and ride-on mowers can be used on public roads and road-r4elated areas, but they need to be conditionally registered.

"Conditional registration gives you limited road access to perform specific functions," the NSW Government says.

"You cannot get conditional registration if a vehicle that complies with the construction and equipment requirements of the Australian Design Rules can be used to perform the same function."

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