Driver Banned After Police Drone Tracks Drug Driving Incident
A motorist has been disqualified after being caught drug driving following a police drone operation on the Isle of Wight. Ziggy Lloyd, 21, from Shanklin, appeared before magistrates having pleaded guilty to drug driving, possession of cannabis, driving without a...
Driver Banned After Drink Driving Claiming She Was ‘Fleeing’ Date
A motorist has been disqualified after admitting drink driving, telling a court she had been attempting to leave what she described as a “bad situation” following a date. Joi Lang, 44, from Okehampton, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol after being reported...
Drink Driver Banned For 40 Months After Being Nearly Three Times Over Limit
A motorist has been disqualified from driving for more than three years after being caught behind the wheel at nearly three times the legal alcohol limit. Jonathan Glasby, 33, was stopped by police on Newcastle Road in Stone on 1 March after officers observed his BMW...
School Taxi Driver Banned After Drink Driving While Collecting Pupils
A taxi driver has been disqualified from driving after being caught over the legal alcohol limit while carrying out a school run in Suffolk. Jonathan Drew, 58, from Little Cornard, was found to be more than three times over the limit when stopped by police in Bury St...
Learner Driver Arrested For Drug Driving During Practical Test
A learner driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving after police stopped his vehicle during a live driving test in Merseyside. The 26-year-old, from Wigan, had been taking his test in St Helens when officers intervened after observing poor driving and a...
Driving Instructor Four Times Over Limit Crashes On Way To Lesson And Is Banned
A driving instructor has been banned from the roads after crashing his tuition vehicle into a ditch while four times over the legal alcohol limit. Timothy Howells, 54, lost control of his Volkswagen Polo — marked with driving school branding and L-plates — before...
Drink-Driver Tracked Down After Wife Alerted Police, Court Hears
A suspected drink-driver was located by police after his wife contacted officers to report that he had been drinking before leaving home in his car, a court has been told. Just over 30 minutes after receiving the call, officers found Joshua Davies in Bradley during...
Thousands Of Repeat Drink-Drivers Exposed In New DVLA Figures
Fresh analysis of DVLA data by the RAC has revealed the scale of repeat drink-driving across the UK, with more than 2,500 motorists caught offending on at least three separate occasions over the past 11 years. The figures highlight a pattern of persistent reoffending....
Driver Arrested After Allegedly Blowing Nearly Five Times The Legal Alcohol Limit In Oxfordshire
A motorist in Oxfordshire was allegedly found to be almost five times over the drink-drive limit after being stopped by police in Caversfield near Bicester. Officers from Thames Valley Police pulled over a vehicle on Fringford Road on the afternoon of Friday, 21...
Police ‘Increase Action’ On Law-Breaking Motorists
Motorists across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire are being warned to expect tougher enforcement as Thames Valley Police launches a new specialist roads policing “tasking team”. The unit will take an intelligence-led approach to tackling dangerous driving,...
