A grossly drunk driver has racked up his ninth conviction for driving impaired by alcohol or drugs after he was seen doing a burnout by a Tauranga City Council CCTV operator.
Andrew Lloyd Boyes, 43, who appeared in the Tauranga District Court on Thursday pleaded guilty to two driving charges.
That is, one charge each of operating a motor vehicle causing sustained loss of traction, and driving with an excess breath alcohol being a third or subsequent offence.
Boyes, who has eight prior convictions for alcohol or drug-impaired driving, was seen driving a Ford vehicle in Hamilton St, Tauranga, in the early hours of February 28.
He accelerated heavily, causing the vehicle to spin for about three seconds, and the rear end began to fishtail as Boyes travelled up Hamilton St, the court heard.