Liberal MP Tim Smith has been charged with drink driving after
an accident with a fence which wrote off his vehicle.
Despite earlier being equivocal about whether he would remain in
politics, the former shadow cabinet minister announced that he
would in fact quit politics at the next state election.
Mr Smith was breath tested and returned a reading more than two
times over the legal blood alcohol limit.
The member for Kew expressed remorse for his actions and
labelled himself an "idiot".
Tim Smith Charged with Drink Driving
Tim Smith was charged with drink driving after consuming "a
few glasses of wine" at a friend's house.
He claimed to believe he was below the legal limit when he got
into the driver's seat. Given his breath-test reading was
0.131, a magistrate may have difficulty accepting this, as the
reading is almost into the high range.
