An HGV driver who could ‘barely barely stand up’ after being pulled over by the police, has been remanded into custody after failing a roadside breath test.
The lorry was stopped on the A47 by Roads Policing Units from the Beds, Cambs and Herts traffic police.
According to the police, the lorry was spotted ‘weaving all over the road’ during thick fog conditions before it was stopped.
Once stopped by the police, the driver was required to provide a sample of breath for analysis using a handheld machine.
The reading came back as 155 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.
The drink drive limit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath, meaning that the driver was over four times the legal limit.
After being arrested, the driver was taken back to custody and put on an Evidential Breathalyser Machine (EBM).
The EBM showed that the driver still had 124 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.
Once charged with drink-driving, the driver was remanded into police custody. He will be put in front of magistrates AM on 8th December.
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Nearly 4.5 times on the road side device and 3.5 times on the evidential machine? Furthermore, the road side test was taken at 9.15 this morning. How much did he have to drink last night?
That someone this drunk was happy to drive a motor vehicle is bad enough. That he is a professional driver makes it even worse.
He is clearly not a fit and proper person to hold a licence and it should be revoked in perpetuity forthwith. If he is caught behind the wheel of anything in future, he should be jailed for 10 years for the first offence and that sentence doubled on every subsequent conviction.
If he is not British, he should be deported at once and prevented from ever returning. If his family cannot survive without benefits, they can go too.
This is a professional driver, A better example would be expected. If he wasn’t concerned about loosing his lively-hood did he not think about the of life that his irresponsible actions could have caused? The law is there for a reason and I hope doesn’t expect lenient treatment after all he was driving a lorry..