Drink-driver caught on A41 in Shropshire banned from driving for 16 months
A drink-driver who was caught after he was seen veering over the centre white line of a main road has been banned from driving for 16 months.
Liam Dowd was driving a Vauxhall Corsa when he was pulled over by police on the A41 at Sandford, near Whitchurch, on March 6, Telford Magistrates Court heard yesterday.
Ms Abigail Hall, prosecuting, said the 21-year-old was pulled over at about 4.40am.
She said: "Officers were on patrol on the A41.
"They caused to stop a Vauxhall Corsa.
"They stated the vehicle had been veering over the centre white line and the driver was braking unnecessarily."
She said Dowd failed a roadside breath test.
He was taken to the police station where he was given another test.
He was found to have 60 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.
Dowd, of Philips Lane, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle while over the drink-drive limit.
Dowd, who represented himself, said he currently worked in the armed forces but was due to leave in June.
He told the court he had been driving since the age of 17.
Dowd was banned from driving for 16 months and ordered to pay a £400 fine, £135 costs and £40 victim surcharge.
