Absolutly Disgracefull

Another traffic incident that happend also in the same general area as the car chase noted below is that police were called in regards to a car driving rather eratically. When they pulled the car over what they found is that a 14 year old was behind the wheel taking over from her mother who was intoxicated to the level 2 times the legal limit and was falling asleep at the wheel while driving. The driving almost caused several near missed accidents with on-coming traffic as it crossed the centre line several times. To make matters worse is that not only was the 14 year too young to get a drivers license, the mother was only on a learners and also had a 5 and 10 year also in the car. This careless and absolutely reckless behaviour by an adult is disgracefull and if it wasn't for the act of other drivers calling in the (the mother was behind the wheel at the time the call was placed) dangerous driving it would most certainly have ended differently and having missed two oncoming trucks they are lucky to still be alive.
The 35 year old woman is due to appear in the Whakatane court to face charges and breeching her drivers license in addition to aiding and abetting a 14 year to drive while drunk.