<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man accused of driving with a disqualified licence faces the prospect of being barred from getting behind the wheel until 2117 - almost 100 years from now.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 73-year-old driver was stopped for a random breath test in Bathurst on Sunday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Highway patrol officers allegedly recognised him as being a long-term disqualified driver and checked his identity when they spoke to him.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ex-cyclone-alfred-2025-flood-emergency-south-east-queensland-northern-nsw-updates-warnings/1ce5b96f-ed35-45a0-8fba-ceb17560ae72" target="" title="Flood warnings in place south of Brisbane, search and rescue operation underway for missing 18-year-old in Logan"><strong><span>Flood warnings in place south of Brisbane, search and rescue operation underway for missing 18-year-old in Logan</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was arrested and taken to Bathurst Police Station, where he was charged with driving while disqualified and received a plate confiscation notice, his third offence in five years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was due to appear before Bathurst Local Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tropical-cyclone-alfred-update-intense-rainfall-across-south-east-queensland-northern-nsw/32313cd1-fc08-440e-ab16-f30e85f48883" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'It's crazy': Roof ripped off as Queensland man sleeps</span></strong></a></div></div>