when he disobeyed Police directions at the site of an accident on Harbour Road.

And yesterday, Wilbert Devaughn Smith pleaded guilty to impaired driving, riding an unlicensed motorcycle and disobeying the order of Police when he appeared in Magistrates' Court.

The Curving Avenue man was fined a total of $1,000 and disqualified from all vehicles for the next 12 months.

The court heard that Police and Fire Services were at the site of a traffic accident on June 4 when the incident occurred.

Smith, 24, was seen by officers heading east on Harbour Road and he continued on after they directed him to a detour.

He came to a stop before he collided with officers who were attending to the accident victims.

When officers questioned Smith, he appeared to be unsteady on his feet and his breath smelled of intoxicants.

Smith told officers that he had just come from a Southampton Fairmont staff boat cruise and that he had about six drinks.

Meanwhile, a Sandys man was disqualified from driving for a year and fined $600 after pleading guilty to driving while impaired.

Tyrone Cordell Smith, 20, of Beach Road, was stopped by Police at 3.50 a.m. on May 31 after Police observed him disobey a stop sign at the junction of South Road and Middle Road in Southampton.

Police noticed that his breath smelt strongly of intoxicants and he was unsteady on his feet. Smith agreed to give a sample of breath which confirmed he was over the legal limit.

POSSESSION OF `HERB' COSTS $1,900 CTS Possession of `herb' costs $1,900 A Southampton man was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence and fined $1,900 yesterday after he pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis.

Patrick Daniels, 20, of Rose Hill Road was arrested when Police attended Rockaway Road in Southampton after reports of several youths involved in illicit business in the area.

The Police arrived and Daniels was stopped and searched and found to be in possession of a plastic wrap containing plant-like material.

He was arrested and taken to Somerset Police Station where a subsequent search found several pay type envelopes containing a total of 11.26 grammes of cannabis.

When asked by Police what it was, Daniels replied: "It's herb.'' Crown counsel Oonagh Goodred told the court that the offence took place in an Increased Penalty Zone (IPZ).

Mr. King said he did not consider an immediate custodial sentence necessary, but noted that the offence had taken place in an IPZ, and handed down a 12-month sentence, suspended for two years, and a total fine of $1,900.

JUDGE DRAWS LINE ON STOPPING OFFENCES CTS Judge draws line on stopping offences Acting Senior Magistrate Edward King gave a lively warning to motorists about the proper way to stop at junctions yesterday -- eventually guaranteeing he did not run stop signs.

"Caught! Every vehicle is expected to come up to that line and the wheels must stop turning,'' Mr. King said. "You know that song, Bermuda is another world? Stop signs in Bermuda are the same as ones around the world.'' Mr. King was responding to comments from David Gardiner who pleaded guilty to riding without due care and attention at the junction of Glebe and Parson's Road on June 1.

When Gardiner, 46, of Arlington Avenue, Pembroke, asked Mr. King to "show me one person who does that'', Mr. King responded: "I do that! I lay down my life on that.

"The Happy Valley/King Street, Stowe Hill/The Lane. Those places people don't stop,'' he added. "Think about the thousands and millions that could be collected.'' Mr. King gave Gardiner a $200 fine for disobeying a traffic sign and $100 fine for failing to stop.

TOP COURT TO RULE ON WITNESS INTIMIDATION CTS Top court to rule on witness intimidation A Supreme Court judge will have to decide whether a St. George's man intimidated a witness, a Magistrate ruled yesterday.

Acting Senior Magistrate Edward King made the ruling after checking Criminal Code concerning penalties for intimidating a witness.

Tariq Foster, 20, of Redcoat Lane, did not have to plead to formal charges of throwing a stone to endanger Jewell Winston Hayward and using threatening words.

Mr. King ruled that a third charge of intimidating and using threatening behaviour toward witness Mr. Hayward, who is about to appear in a judicial hearing, is a purely indictable matter.

Mr. King said: "I do not consider the Magistrate has the jurisdiction to deal with this,'' before setting Foster' bail at $2,000 with one surety due to age.