An unaccompanied learner driver has been charged after police said she was caught drink-driving twice in the space of four hours.
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The 40-year-old woman was first stopped on the Goldfields Way in Temora after highway patrol officers detected a car travelling above the 50km/h signposted speed limit at 12.45am on Saturday.
Police stopped the Toyota Tarago and spoke to the driver.
Checks revealed the woman was a learner driver but she did not have any L plates on the car and did not have an accompanying supervisor.
She was breath tested at the scene, which returned a positive result.
The woman was taken to Temora police station where a secondary breath analysis returned a reading of 0.139.
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She was issued a court notice for driving with middle range PCA and infringement notices for being a learner not accompanied by driver/police officer/tester, a learner driver not displaying "L" plates as prescribed, and exceeding the speed limit by less than 10km/h.
Her licence was also suspended.
However, police said officers noticed the same Toyota Tarago had crashed on the Olympic Highway in Wagga about 4.15am on the same day.
Officers spoke to the same driver and submitted her to another breath test, which returned a positive reading.
The woman was arrested and taken to Wagga police station, where a secondary breath analysis returned a reading of 0.135.
She was issued a further court notice for driving with middle range PCA and for driving a motor vehicle while her licence was suspended.
The woman is due to appear at Wagga Local Court on November 4.