Our drink-driving shame
Page 1 of 3 5:00AM Sunday May 27, 2007
By David Fisher
The road toll continues to rise. Photo / Bradley Ambrose
New Zealand's highest ever drink-drive level was recorded yesterday when a female motorist measured almost five times the legal limit, in a police blitz that targeted more than 80,000 drivers.
A staggering 304 people out of 40,000 motorists tested yesterday were charged with drink-driving offences - including the 27-year-old Auckland woman who had to be stopped by another motorist along Tamaki Dr.
"She was driving so badly that a member of the public took it upon himself to stop her," police reported last night. "She did stop without incident and by the time police arrived she was slumped over her steering wheel fast asleep."
The woman recorded a breath-alcohol level of 1943mg - almost five times the legal limit of 400mg. Police said it is likely the woman's drink driving would have killed her, had the motorist not intervened.
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