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14/07/2022
Man Found Sleeping In Car Was Over Four Times Legal Alcohol Limit
The PSNI discovered a man sleeping in a "seemingly abandoned" car on the M1 and he was almost four and a half times over the legal alcohol limit. The engine of the vehicle was still running.
Officers discovered the car on the motorway and carried out an inspection on Wednesday, 13 July.
The man's gave a breathalyser reading of 153 micrograms/100ml of breath.
The legal alcohol limit in NI is 35 micrograms/100ml of breath.
A police spokesperson said: "Officers from Mahon Road RPU stopped with this seemingly abandoned vehicle on the hard shoulder of the M1 this morning.
"We found a male sleeping in the car with the engine running. As we suspected he had consumed alcohol, he was the subject of a preliminary breath test where he provided a reading at the roadside of 153, almost 4.5 times the legal limit of 35.
"The driver will now have a date in court for failing the evidential breath test at custody and driving without insurance."
Officers discovered the car on the motorway and carried out an inspection on Wednesday, 13 July.
The man's gave a breathalyser reading of 153 micrograms/100ml of breath.
The legal alcohol limit in NI is 35 micrograms/100ml of breath.
A police spokesperson said: "Officers from Mahon Road RPU stopped with this seemingly abandoned vehicle on the hard shoulder of the M1 this morning.
"We found a male sleeping in the car with the engine running. As we suspected he had consumed alcohol, he was the subject of a preliminary breath test where he provided a reading at the roadside of 153, almost 4.5 times the legal limit of 35.
"The driver will now have a date in court for failing the evidential breath test at custody and driving without insurance."
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