Drunk taxi driver who was FIVE times over the limit stopped by passenger on A1 motorway

A DRUNK taxi driver who was FIVE times over the drink-drive limit was told to pull over on a busy motorway by a concerned passenger.

The petrified traveller called police after asking the driver to pull over on the hard shoulder of the A1 motorway near Stevenage at 5.30pm yesterday.

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A breath test found the driver had 171mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.

The legal limit is 35mg - meaning he was almost five times over.

Police arrested the driver, from Cambridge, on suspicion of drink-driving.

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The 42-year-old man remains in custody in Hertfordshire.

BCH Road Policing shared a picture of the man's breathalyser result on Twitter.

They wrote: "Taxi passenger on A1M Herts thought his driver may be drunk & called police... he was right! Limit is 35, blew 171."

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