Bus driver arrested en route for drink-driving
12:21pm Wednesday 30th January 2013 in Latest News By Adam Care
Police were waiting to arrest the bus driver in Melksham Market Place
A bus driver was arrested for drink-driving on Thursday after a member of the public reported seeing him drinking on duty.
Police received reports of the driver of the 2.40pm Faresaver bus from Frome to Chippenham swigging from a can of extra strong lager and urinating against the side of the vehicle.
Police were waiting at Market Place in Melksham with a relief driver and a supervisor from the bus company. The driver was breathalysed and arrested after being found to have 42mg/100ml of alcohol on his breath, above the 35mg/100ml limit.
The replacement driver took over the bus and continued on to Chippenham.
A spokesperson from Faresaver was approached for comment, but refused to confirm whether the driver had been suspended.
Comments(4)
Augustus Winthrop
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3:55pm Wed 30 Jan 13
Secondly, I do wish the press would get their drink drive facts straight, the legal limit for alcohol in blood is 80mg in 100ml of blood, as it has been for many years; however, if as I suspect they are talking about a breath test, then it is indeed 35microgrammes per 100ml of breath (micro is not designated by the use of a 'm' prefix)
1984
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6:48pm Wed 30 Jan 13
...from the nearest lampost!
faresaver
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11:11pm Wed 30 Jan 13
To answer Augustus : Yes it would appear you are correct and the press are wrong as is sadly so often the case.
To answer 1984 : The driver is of course innocent until proven guilty and no doubt the full details of any prosecution will come out in due course.
beetawix says...
1:46pm Wed 30 Jan 13
If "approached for comment" means asking "have you suspended the driver" I'm not surprised there was a refusal to confirm.
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