DRINK DRIVER

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

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

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 drunk taxi driver was found to be five times over the limit after a passenger forced him to pull over on a hard shoulder

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.

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