{"id":182343,"date":"2023-12-12T16:20:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=182343"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:20:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:20:58","slug":"police-release-footage-of-drink-drivers-pulled-over-with-baby-in-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/police-release-footage-of-drink-drivers-pulled-over-with-baby-in-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Police release footage of drink-drivers pulled over with BABY in car"},"content":{"rendered":"
The police have released bodycam footage of drink-drivers slurring their words, officers finding bottles of gin in the cars and even a baby found in the backseat.<\/p>\n
Durham Constabulary released the footage in a bid to get people to ‘listen’ and stop drink driving.<\/p>\n
In one of the clips, a car is seen on its side with a woman standing to the side. She claimed she’s ‘absolutely fine’ but officers found an empty-looking bottle of rhubarb and ginger gin in the footwell of her car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In other clips, the drink-drivers were found to have children in the car with them.<\/p>\n
In one, someone says ‘she’s got a bairn in the car, she’s not going to do nowt stupid’.<\/p>\n
An officer in another clip said there’s a ‘little lad’ in the backseat in a booster seat.<\/p>\n
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This driver told the officer: ‘I’m not going to lie to you mate, I’ve had a couple of drinks tonight. I’ll hold my hands up, I shouldn’t have been behind the wheel’<\/p>\n
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Some of the clips showed cars flipped, crashed or on their sides<\/p>\n
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This woman was filmed looking distressed at the police station after being stopped<\/p>\n
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A bottle of rhubarb and ginger gin was found in the footwell of this car which crashed<\/p>\n
The video, released by police to show the ‘devastating consequences’ of drink-driving, showed a series of clips filmed in the aftermath of the accidents.<\/p>\n
In the first clip, a woman is questioned by police who find a bottle on gin in her car, which one officer comments there’s ‘not much in that is there’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The driver tells the officer: ‘I’m not going to lie to you mate, I’ve had a couple of drinks tonight. I’ll hold my hands up, I shouldn’t have been behind the wheel.’<\/p>\n
In another clip, a person said: ‘I’ve had a few, I’m not going to lie to you. I just want to get home, I just want to go to bed.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a different video, the driver asks the police: ‘Was I really bad? Really?<\/p>\n
‘It doesn’t mean I’m drinking now. I’ve got a baby in the car.’<\/p>\n
\u00a0Another woman who was caught drink-driving was filmed telling officers: ‘I was literally sticking to the speed limit.’<\/p>\n
While a different woman being breath analysed said: ‘I have had a couple of drinks. I haven’t had just one pint. I will admit it.’<\/p>\n
One clip showing a man clutching his injured leg then cuts to a man asking an officer ‘can I ring my mother?’<\/p>\n
In the next video, a person defends a woman who was caught drink-driving with a child in the car.<\/p>\n
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This driver said: ‘I’ve had a few, I’m not going to lie to you. I just want to get home’<\/p>\n
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While a different woman being breath analysed said: ‘I have had a couple of drinks. I haven’t had just one pint. I will admit it’<\/p>\n
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Police found a bottle of gin in this woman’s car after she crashed in an accident<\/p>\n
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The video ended with this woman asksing ‘is that really bad?’ and the man replies ‘you lose your job, you lose everything.’<\/p>\n
They told the officer:\u00a0‘You want to catch paedophiles and that, don’t you? They want to catch proper criminals.<\/p>\n
‘She’s got a bairn in the car. She’s obviously not going to do nowt stupid.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a separate clip, a police officer finds a baby in the car after a crash.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He’s recorded as saying: ‘The little lad, he’s been in the rear seat here in a high-back booster with a car seat belt on.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Video ends with a clip of a woman and man being questioned at a police station.<\/p>\n
The woman asks ‘is that really bad?’ and the man replies ‘you lose your job, you lose everything.’<\/p>\n
He then goes to the officer: ‘You know…you shouldn’t drink and drive should you.’<\/p>\n
The police officer responds:\u00a0 ‘People don’t listen to those though do they?’<\/p>\n
The video, posted on YouTube, was captioned: ‘As we head into the second week of operations to target drink and drug drivers, Durham Constabulary has released footage in a bid to urge people not to drive under the influence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘The recordings, filmed by officers using their bodycams, show the devastating consequences of driving under the influence and the sheer ignorance of those who choose to flout the law.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Further videos will be released in the lead up to Christmas in the hope that those who choose to drive under the influence will pay attention and start listening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘In addition to the media campaign, officers from the force\u2019s Roads and Armed Policing Unit have been out on the ground carrying out random vehicle stops and intelligence-led enforcement in a bid to remove drivers who are under the influence and keep people safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘So far, 398 checks have been carried out across County Durham and Darlington.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Officers have arrested three people, one for drink driving and two for drug driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘They have also seized two vehicles, one for no insurance and one due to the driver being disqualified and have issued a ticket for no seatbelt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Teams will continue their checks into the New Year to target those who put others at risk. Start listening, life is precious.’<\/p>\n