followed by Police and pulled over for impaired driving.

Vance Roberts was driving a private car slowly, crossing the centre line, and collided with the sidewalk on Middle Road, Southampton, at 9.30 p.m. on December 1.

Crown counsel Oonagh Goodred told Acting Magistrate Justin Williams that Roberts was being followed by a Police patrol.

Roberts was stopped near the SAL quarry entrance and the officers noted his breath smelled strongly of alcohol, his eyes were glazed and he had "difficulty'' standing.

Ms Goodred said Roberts, 46, of Rocky Sound Road, Southampton, told Police: "You know me, just escort me to my house up the street.'' He submitted to a breath test at Hamilton Police Station and was found to have 225 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Michael Maloney fell from his cycle near a Policeman who was writing out a speeding ticket to someone else at 10.20 p.m. on November 20 on Middle Road, Devonshire.

Ms Goodred said the motorcycle officer signalled for Maloney, 31, of Berry Hill Road, Paget, to stop but he rode around the Policeman and continued eastward.

After a chase during which the Police officer activated his emergency lights, rode up alongside Maloney, and was forced to stop near Tribe Road, Number Three.

It "quickly became apparent'' to the Policeman that Maloney had been drinking, Ms Goodred said, adding that his speech was so slurred he could not be understood.

Maloney told Mr. Williams: "I'd just like to say the officer was 30 yards away in the opposite direction. I didn't swerve around him. But I'll plead guilty.'' Both men were fined $1,000 and banned from operating all motor vehicles for one year.

Mr. Williams explained to Maloney: "That's an obligatory 12-month disqualification. I say obligatory because it is mandatory that I do it, in the law.'' The men were given to the end of January to pay the fines, or face 30 days in prison. Maloney was also fined $50 for failing to stop for Police.