A man has been banned from driving after riding a rental e-scooter while drunk.
CCTV showed Neil McGovern, 43, staggering along Cambridge’s St Andrew’s Street shortly after midnight on June 21 before riding away on an e-scooter.
About 10 minutes later, ambulance crews alerted police after finding a man unconscious with a serious head injury following an e-scooter crash.
McGovern, of River Lane, Cambridge, was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital for treatment, where a blood sample revealed he had 204 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood—more than twice the legal limit of 80 milligrams.
After recovering, he attended a voluntary police interview but gave no comment when shown CCTV footage of himself riding the e-scooter.
He pleaded guilty to drink driving and was disqualified from driving for 20 months at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on November 5.
PC Jack Brown said: "Some people may not realise that e-scooters are classed as motor vehicles and the same drink driving laws apply as they do to cars."
McGovern was also ordered to pay more than £1,000 in fines and costs.
Private e-scooters remain banned on UK public roads and pavements, although authorised rental schemes operate in trial areas.
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