A 43-year-old man whose car flipped on Harbour Road received a heavy fine in Magistrates’ Court, as well as a year’s ban from the roads.Dean Richards, of Warwick, denied driving while impaired on July 17.Magistrates’ Court heard from Crown counsel Larissa Burgess that Richards was driving west in Paget at 9.45pm when he lost control.The car turned onto its roof and slid into the eastbound lane, where it hit a wall.Police arrived ten minutes later to find the vehicle abandoned.When Richards returned, he showed signs of fresh injury, and admitted that he had been drinking. However, when arrested, he refused to give a sample of his breath.Richards told the sergeant at Hamilton Police Station: “Alcohol did not play a part, just stupidity.”Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined him $1,000 for refusing to give a breath test, and disqualified him from driving all vehicles for 12 months.Richards was also fined $1,000 for having no third party insurance, and $750 for driving an unlicensed car.He was ordered to return to court in September to face a March 10 charge of speeding.