Police allege a 39 year old Tenterfield man was driving more than four times over the limit when picked up on Sunday morning in a Toyota Hilux 4WD.

The farmer blew a reading of 0.211 at 12.40am on Sunday November 3 after a night at the pub, police allege.

His licence was suspended on the spot pending a court hearing date in which he will face a high range drink driving charge.

An 18 year old Glen Innes p-plater will also face charges of drink driving despite blowing less than a low range blood-alcohol level on the weekend.

The man was picked up driving a Mitsubishi lancer at 2.25am on Sunday morning.

Glen Innes police are warning special licence holders like P platers that they are required to not drink before driving at all, and have special minimum alcohol restrictions, typically around 0.

NSW police spent the weekend aggressively targeting bad road behavior in an effort to reduce road trauma as part of Operation Drink Drive 2. There have been 290 crashes on NSW roads this year, ending 310 lives.

Glen Innes police say drivers have not yet got the message that drink driving is dangerous and will be punished - any amount of drink driving is too much, they said.

Police say drivers need to organise a plan b, whether a designated driver or a lift, a taxi, or walking home.

Across NSW police conducted 192,535 random breath tests and charged 324 people with drink driving. They police detected 204 people using their mobile phones while driving, issued 2,568 speeding infringements and 469 people were issued fines for not wearing a seatbelt

In our Northern Region, police conducted some 29,706 breath tests, charging 74 people with drink driving.

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