A 26-year-old man couldn't have done much more to ensure he came to the attention of police while cycling around Mooloolaba last Thursday night.

Riding without a helmet and with no lights on his bike, the Mooloolaba man was intercepted by Mooloolaba Beat police when he ran a red light at a major intersection at 7.48pm.

He was subsequently breath-tested and returned a reading of 0.190%. When charged at the Maroochydore Watchhouse, police also found he had possession of cannabis.

Asleep - and drunk - behind the wheel

A driver was found asleep at the wheel of a blue Ford sedan with the engine still running on Nambour Connection Road on Saturday night at 1.40am. Nambour police intercepted him and he subsequently was found to be more than three times the legal alcohol limit, recording .163%.

Second offence for Coast storeman

A storeman previously convicted of a driving offence in 2006 has been charged with drink-driving, and unlicensed driving after being picked up by the Police Tactical Crime Squad (TCS) on Saturday night.

The TCS was conducting mobile patrols in an unmarked vehicle around Duporth Avenue, Maroochydore, when they intercepted a 1989 Mitsubishi Magna sedan at the intersection of Duporth and Baden Powell Street.

The driver recorded a reading of .194%. and was also found to be driving with an expired 2004 learner's permit.

Pensioner five times the limit

A pensioner behind the wheel of a blue Jeep was driving at five times the legal alcohol limit when he was intercepted by police on School Road, Coolum Beach, at 3.18pm on Friday February 8. When tested, he blew a reading of .258%.

Crash through fence unmasks drink-driver

A 25-year-old spray painter came to grief at Sippy Downs just before midnight on February 5 when he lost control of his car which left the road and crashed through the front fence of a house on Albany Street .

Maroochydore Police were called to the scene and breath-tested the Sippy Downs man, who returned a reading of 0.156%.

Due care with make-up, no attention to road

A young female P-plater's beauty routine was cut short last Sunday morning when her erratic driving came to the attention on an off-duty police officer.

The officer was travelling along the Palmwoods-Montville Road around 8.45am when he noticed a white Hyundai sedan with a “P” plate weaving from side to side in the marked lane and travelling at 60kph in a 40kph zone. The vehicle continued into an 80kph zone still travelling at 60kph and weaving.

The officer was stunned to see the young female driver had her sun visor down and was using the mirror while she applied make-up, brushed her hair and put on lipstick and eye liner.

For the record, vanity mirrors are supposed to be used only when the vehicle it stopped and parked in a safe position. Drivers can be charged with “driving without due care and attention” or in some circumstances “dangerous driving”.