Darran Bishop, 38, of Vale Avenue, Vale, admitted the drink-drive offence.
In 2021 he had been convicted of a similar offence.
The court was told how police officers were attending the Hampshire Lodge for an unconnected reason when they saw a lorry containing scaffolding parked outside. Just after midnight they saw the vehicle being driven in Pleinheaume, Vale.
When they pulled it over they found the defendant was unsteady on his feet and it was found that the lorry had hit a wall and an earth bank en route. He was arrested and a test at the Police Station identified 103mcg of alcohol in 100ml of his breath, very nearly three times the legal limit.
Defending, Advocate Paul Lockwood said his client wished to offer a wholehearted apology for what he had done and he was just grateful that nobody had been hurt. His record made for poor reading which had been down to his early chaotic life and mental health issues, but he had not been in trouble now since 2021.
Judge Gary Perry said the defendant had told the Probation Service that his 2021 conviction had been a wake-up call for him.
‘It can’t have been enough of a one,’ said Judge Perry.
‘I can’t state enough the danger you presented driving a large vehicle like that on the roads with a breath reading of 103.’
Offences of drink-driving were on the increase in Guernsey and more were involving accidents.
The court had said time and again that the penalties for this type of offending would go up, the judge said.
Judge Perry said he would have had no hesitation in imposing a larger penalty if he had had the power to do so and he hoped that this was something that the island’s lawmakers would look at.
Bishop was jailed for two months and banned from driving for four and half years.