A man has been jailed after police caught him drink driving at three times the legal limit while already disqualified for the same offence.
Peterborough Magistrates heard that officers from the Road Policing Unity had been on the lookout for a white Ford Transit van on June 26 following reports of a suspected drink driver.
They caught up to the van at around 6.40pm, describing the manner of driving as “erratic” and “all over the road”.
The 42-year-old defendant was found at the wheel slurring his words, smelling strongly of alcohol and with bloodshot eyes. Investigations revealed he was already banned from driving until February 2022 as a result of a previous drink driving conviction.
A roadside breath test gave an initial reading of 133mcg per 100ml breath while a later evidential test gave a reading of 115mcg. The legal drink driving limit is 35mcg per 100ml blood, leaving him clearly at three times the limit.
PC Chris Euerby, from the Beds, Cambs and Herts Road Policing Unit, said: “[The defendant] has a detailed history of offending including drink driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.
“He clearly shows no regard for the law or the safety of other road users each and every time he makes the decision to illegally get behind the wheel.
“So far this year in Cambridgeshire alone there have been 377 arrests for drink-drive related offences, that’s more than 11 people every single week in 2021 up to now – this has to change.”
After pleading guilty to drink driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance, he was sentenced to 14 weeks imprisonment.
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