Lorry driver more than double the alcohol limit avoids ban
A lorry driver who was more than double the drink drive limit has avoided being banned from the road.
John Short was at the wheel of a Mercedes dropside lorry on Regent Drive, Tividale, on March 11.
At breath test showed he had 93 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than two-and-a-half times the legal limit of 35 microgrammes.
At Walsall Magistrates Court last Friday the 42-year-old admitted being in charge of a vehicle while above the legal limit for alcohol and obstructing or resisting a police officer.
Short, of no fixed address, had 10 points put on his licence but escaped a driving ban.
He was also fined £162 and ordered to pay £300 costs and a £65 surcharge.
In total he must pay £527.
