A man has been charged by police with the same offence for the fourth time — driving with more than 80 mg of alcohol in his blood — after officers conducted a RIDE program Friday night.

A Kingston Police Facebook post stated that within the first 30 minutes of their RIDE program at the intersection of Sydenham and Unity roads, the man, already convicted three times of impaired driving, rolled through.

In his cup holder sat an open bottle of beer. He failed a roadside sobriety test and was transported to police headquarters.

Supervised by a qualified breath technician, the man blew nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol in his system.

The 47-year-old Gananoque man was charged by police with driving with more than 80 mg of alcohol in his blood and his licence was automatically suspended for 90 days.

He was later released on a promise to appear in court at a future date.

Ironically, says the post, the friend the accused called to pick him up had also been drinking and decided he couldn’t drive.

The man’s vehicle was automatically towed and impounded for seven days, for which he is responsible for all fees, in addition to the taxi ride home.

Police records posted with the incident’s description show that the man was convicted of driving while his ability was impaired in 1988 after being caught by Kingston Police.

In 1995 after he was caught by South Frontenac OPP and convicted of driving with more than 80 mgs of alcohol in blood.

In 2000 he was convicted of the same charge, this time by Leeds OPP in Brockville.

— The Whig-Standard