Video footage shows Lancs driver telling police 'I don't want to be breathalysed' before being arrested
The video shows the man being arrested after refusing to be breathalysed.
Police have realised footage of a suspected drink driver refusing a breathalyser test.
The video shows police stopping the man by the roadside to inform him they suspect he has been drink driving.
They ask him to blow on the breathalyser which only takes six seconds. He then tells them ‘I don’t want to’ and is told he will be arrested, but he still refuses and is then arrested.
A spokesperson for the police said: “A Nurse, a Cleaner and a Welder were some of the 53 people arrested for drink or drug driving offences across Lancashire in the last week.
“The highest roadside breath test reading this week was 143, over four times above the legal limit.
“Other high readings included 140, and two readings of 110.
“If we suspect you’re drink or drug driving and you refuse to be tested, you will then be arrested for failing to provide a sample, like the man in this video.”
They added that in the last seven days officers arrested:
17 people for drug driving.
13 people for drink driving.
7 people for failing to provide a breath test.
12 people for driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs.
1 person for being in charge of a motor vehicle whilst over the limit for alcohol.
3 people for being in charge of a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink/drugs.
If you suspect someone is drink or drug driving, you can report it here or call 999 if you see someone driving, or about to drive, under the influence of drink or drugs.