Police arrest 60 for impaired driving over single week in pre-Christmas crackdown
Police are warning drivers of the risks of drink or drug driving after arresting 60 people driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs in one week.
Among the culprits was a Fleetwood man who was arrested after colliding with four parked cars while over the legal limit for alcohol. Another man was arrested when he refused to do a breath test after leaving a Blackpool hotel drunk, intending to drive to Birmingham and found to have no licence.Another man turned out to be more than three times over the drink drive limit after he was arrested in Preston after failing to stop at the scene of a nearby collision The legal limit is 35.
A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said on Tuesday: “Santa’s ‘nice list’ is looking a little bit shorter now another 60 people have been caught drink or drug-driving. We’re now halfway through our Christmas impaired driving campaign and in the last week have caught another 60 people driving under the influence of either alcohol or drugs.
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