Uninsured drink-driver upset after police seize BMW at roadside
The uninsured drink-driver was stopped by police in Wisbech on Saturday evening (April 3). - Credit: Policing Fenland
An uninsured drink-driver was upset with police after they seized his BMW at the roadside, the same day he had just installed a new set of tyres.
Police stopped the driver in Wisbech on Saturday evening (April 3) and after they failed a roadside breath test, their car was taken away.
The uninsured drink-driver was stopped by police in Wisbech on Saturday evening (April 3). - Credit: Policing Fenland
The legal alcohol limit for drivers is 35 per 100 millilitres of breath, the stopped driver gave a roadside breath sample of 97.
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “But the thing that bothered him the most? He'd just had four new tyres put on that day, and we seized the car!
The uninsured drink-driver was stopped by police in Wisbech on Saturday evening (April 3). - Credit: Policing Fenland
“Not the fact he was driving while over the legal alcohol limit, or that he wasn't actually legally insured to drive the vehicle.”
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