Officers from the Road Policing Group at North Yorkshire Police have stopped several drivers for drink and drug driving over the weekend.
In the early hours of Friday morning officers stopped a car heading out of Scarborough. The driver has been charged to court after failing a roadside breath test.
#Scarborough Driver of this car sighted headed out of town & stop checked - roadside breath test #fail #overthelimit #arrested Evidential sample provided & #charged to court #fatal4 #dontdrinkdrive pic.twitter.com/sPCPawids2
— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) September 5, 2020
On Friday evening a car in Whitby was stopped after being seen with faulty brake lights. The driver tested positive for Cocaine.
#Whitby Little trip up here & a short time later this car seen with brake lights out & driver tests positive #Cocaine on the @DrugWipeUK a blood sample has been obtained for @RSSS_DianeFair for analysis #fatal4 #dontdrugdrive pic.twitter.com/GEUiYUgGWU
— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) September 5, 2020
Over the weekend two further vehicle stops in Scarborough also resulted in positive tests for Cocaine
#Scarborough Another stop check another #drugtest another #arrest #Cannabis they just keep on coming #dontdrugdrive #fatal4 #whenwilltheylearn pic.twitter.com/Dfn8ZkPTnp
— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) September 5, 2020
#Scarborough early morning stop check & that doesn’t stop the detection of impaired drivers @drugwipe #Cocaine #bloodsample we’re our 24/7 taking them off the roads #roadsafety pic.twitter.com/qNPvhovS2a
— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) September 5, 2020
Officers have also stopped vehicles which were uninsured
#Scarborough This car was shown uninsured on our systems. Driver attempted to show a valid policy but also had an email showing it had been cancelled #offtheroad #seized #reported #noinsurancemeansnocar pic.twitter.com/K1PaEDbnEz
— NorthYorksPolice RPG (@NYorksRPG) September 5, 2020
And on the A171 near Whitby officers say they followed a van which was straddling the central white lines then chose to overtake another vehicle across a solid white line approaching the brow of a hill.
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