A Wagga man has been charged with a string of driving offences after being caught in a defective vehicle despite not being allowed to drive until well into the second half of the century.
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Police say the 30-year-old Glenfield Park man was driving a "dangerously defective" truck when they found him after receiving reports he was back behind the wheel on Thursday.
He has already been disqualified from driving until 2061.
"Officers obtained CCTV footage of the man driving around the Kooringal area," police said.
"Officers found the man shortly after."
An inspection of the vehicle found it to be defective, police said, and the man was taken to Wagga police station for further drug testing after allegedly failing a roadside test.
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He has been charged with several offences including driving while disqualified subsequent offence and using an unsafe or unserviceable vehicle on the road.
Results from the secondary drug test are pending.
Daisy Huntly
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