A man caught drunk behind the wheel on Sunday will face court after being five times over the legal limit.
At about 12.20pm on March 31, St George Highway Patrol stopped an unregistered Holden Commodore travelling along Sir Bertram Steven's Drive in the Royal National Park.
The 43-year-old male driver was breath-tested and taken to Sutherland Police Station. He returned a reading of 0.249 and was charged with high-range PCA.
He was also driving an unregistered vehicle on an expired licence. He was issued a suspension notice to prevent him from re-applying for his licence.
Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy of the state's Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, says those that are drink driving put themselves, their passengers, and other road users at great risk.
"In 2018 police conducted 5,531,251 random breath tests, charging 17,989 with drink driving. That's an alarming number of people who have taken a selfish risk, risking not only their licence, but the safety of themselves, their family, and other members of the public," he said.
"We know that drink driving is a factor in around one in every seven fatal crashes in NSW. Of the drink drivers/riders who were killed in the five-year period from 2013 to 2017, 93 per cent were men."
