Getting the message across
20th January 2011, Page 20
20th January 2011
Page 20
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MOTORWAY COP S on BBC1 last week, featured the Central Motorway Police Group truck stopping an artic driver on the M42.
He was on his phone and nearly three times over the drink-drive limit when we took him out of the cab, and twice the limit when we finally got him to the station and breathalysed him properly.
He had been drinking from several cans of Tennants Super that he had in the cab. This might be an extreme example, but given that users of the Midlands motorway network come from all four corners of the UK, as well as the Continent, we need to make the most of the resulting media coverage to reinforce the wider message to all motorway users regarding excess and inappropriate speed.
PC Steve Rounds Central Motorway
Police Group