Drunk Derbyshire builder arrested on way to work after travelling down A61 while more than twice over limit

By Tom Hardwick
Published 16th Dec 2022, 17:00 BST
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A builder was arrested today after travelling to work down a busy Derbyshire A-road – while more than twice over the legal drink drive limit.

At 8.00am this morning, the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit pulled over a van travelling down the A61 at Dronfield.

Officers undertook an intelligence-led stop, with its driver believed to be over the legal limit for alcohol.

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They discovered that he was on his way to work as a builder, and provided a roadside reading of 84mg, followed by a reading of 75mg at the station – both more than double the legal limit of 35mg per 100 millilitres of breath.

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The driver of the van was subsequently arrested by DRPU officers.