honked for it to pull out of the way was banned from driving for one year for impaired driving.

Magistrates' Court heard last week that William Warner, of Sound View Road, Sandys Parish, pulled up behind the Police car parked in the exit lane of the car park opposite the Bermuda Aquarium at 11 p.m. on September 7.

Warner sounded his horn to signal Police to pull out of his way.

Warner drove off and Police stopped him after he drove on the wrong side of the road. The accused admitted he had four drinks that night.

He was later found to have 200 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Before being sentenced, Warner maintained having that amount of alcohol "on the breath'' could not have affected his behaviour.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis told Warner: "You must have been drunk. Coming up behind a Police car like that. You must have thought it was one of your friends.'' Warner was also fined $450.

In other impaired driving cases: Canadian accountant Pascal Bouthot was fined $400 and disqualified from driving all motor vehicles for one year.

Bouthot, 25, of North Shore Road, Pembroke was seen swerving about the road on The Lane, Paget at 3.20 a.m. on September 13 and was stopped for not wearing a helment. He refused to give a breath sample.

Chef Magedara Gunasinge, 31, of Cobbs Hill, Warwick was stopped at 3 a.m. on August 28 on Queen Street and told Police: "Sir, what a night of celebrating!'' He was fined $450 and banned from driving all motor vehicles for one year for having 155 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams.

Ingmar Ming, 39, of Loyal Hill, Devonshire was fined $450 and banned from driving for a year for refusing to take a breath test after Police came upon a single vehicle accident involving his private car at 2 a.m. on August 16 in St. George's.

Yesterday, Jonathan Ingemann was fined $700 after he ran a stop light and rammed another car while driving under the influence.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis heard that the accident, at 7.45 p.m. on August 22 at the junction of Reid and Court Streets in Hamilton, caused major damage to both cars.

Ingemann, of Ferry Reach Road, St. George's failed to complete a breath test and denied he was impaired, saying he was injured and "too out of it to blow properly''.

Mr. Francis fined Ingemann $400 and banned him from driving for one year, and fined him $300 for driving without due care.