A 17-year-old riding an off-road motorcycle with no lights through Alexandra early yesterday morning who recorded a breath-alcohol level of 1000mcg was ''an accident waiting to happen'', Alexandra police said.
To make matters worse, the rider was carrying a pillion passenger, the motorcycle was unregistered and unwarranted and the rider had no motorcycle licence, Senior Constable Mike Colligan said.
''His first words when we pulled him over were: 'I've got rocks for brains', so he knew he'd done something stupid,'' Snr Const Colligan said.
The Alexandra youth's breath-alcohol level was more than six times the 150mcg permitted level for youth and was one of the highest youth levels the officer had recorded in decades of policing.
''It was a recipe for disaster. It could've ended two ways - either he could've got back home safely, or he'd be dead.
''If ever there was an example of what not to do, this would have to be it,'' he said.
Police noticed the vehicle going through town at 2.30am and at first thought it was a bicycle but then realised, because of the speed it was travelling, it was a motorcycle.
''We were just staggered.''
The passenger had also been drinking and was likely to receive a infringement notice for not wearing a helmet. The rider had been wearing a helmet.
He will appear in the Alexandra District Court on January 19 to face a charge of drink-driving.
''Until that happened, we were just saying it was one of the quietest New Year's Days we've ever had.
Nobody was about, the pubs closed early and even the pie cart closed early,'' Snr Const Colligan said.
