Drink-driving farmer bouncing off kerbs on A46 had smashed windscreen and wheel shredded down to alloy
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A lorry driver trailed a car weaving and bouncing off kerbs on the wrong side of the road for 20 minutes as he tried to negotiate the A46, a court heard.
One of the wheels was "down to its alloys" and the windscreen was smashed but still the car driver went on, the lorry driver recalled. Humberside Police tracked the silver Nissan Qashqai to a lay-by where the driver was breath tested and found to be more than three-and-a-half times the drink drive limit.
Farmer, John Farrow, of Spridlington Road, Faldingworth, near Market Rasen admitted dangerous driving and driving over the prescribed limit when he appeared at Grimsby Crown Court. Prosecutor, Michael Masson said the lorry driver was concerned at the erratic manner of the driving on the A46 in the early hours of January 24 this year and the potential of a collision with on-coming vehicles.
In a breath test he blew 131mcgs of alcohol in 100mls of breath, the legal limit being 35mcgs. In interview with police, he became "inconsistent", said Mr Masson.
He sentenced Farrow to a total of five months in prison, but suspended the sentence for 18 months. He fined the driver £750 and banned him from driving for two years. Farrow will have to take an extended retest to regain his driving licence.
