Driver's futile plea to police as she is pulled over for blowing 0.262 and refuses to exit the car: 'Why can't you just be f***ing nice?'
- Police release footage of encounter with allegedly drunk driver behind wheel
- Woman proclaims innocence before returning high blood alcohol reading
- She tearfully pleas that she can't lose her license and refuses to get out of car
- Was charged with driving under the influence, obstructing and assaulting police
A distraught woman tried to proclaim her innocence and had to be forcibly removed from her car after she was allegedly caught behind the wheel more than five times over the legal limit.
Police released bodycam footage of the extraordinary encounter on the Gold Coast after the woman was charged with driving under the influence, as well as obstructing and assaulting an officer.
It will be alleged a member of the public found the woman asleep behind the wheel at Jacobs Well on Sunday night and allegedly drove away after being woken up.
The incident was reported to police, who pulled the woman a short time later.
In the bodycam footage, the woman denies having had any alcohol but officers are unconvinced.
'You're sort of wobbling all over the road,' an officer tells her.
'You look like affected by something.'
The woman undergoes a breath test and returns a blood alcohol reading 0.262, more than five times the legal limit.
She bursts into tears and appears reluctant to get out of her car.
'I'm sure you don't want to but you're going to have to,' the officer gently explains.
'We'll get this over and done with as quick as possible.'
The woman refuses to comply with repeated instructions to get out of the car, afraid about the possible consequences.
'I can't,' she cries.
'I can't. I can't not have a licence.
'Why can't you be f****** nice?'
Police give her one last chance to leave her car.
'As you're detained, you are required to accompany us to the police station,' an officer tells her
'Whatever,' the woman replied.
The officers asks :'Is there anything I can say to make you comply with a lawful direction?'
The footage ends with several officers pulling the distraught woman from her car and escorting her to their vehicle.
Police alleged the woman later reached around a security screen to scratch an officer's face while being transported to the watch house.
The woman, 27, was charged with driving under the influence, obstructing and assaulting police.
She will appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on May 3.