A quick-thinking member of the public helped prevent a potential tragedy on the roads.
They raised the alarm after spotting a lorry swerving dangerously across the M11 on November 2.
The caller, who continued to follow the vehicle and used their hazard lights to warn other drivers, described the lorry veering across lanes, drifting onto the hard shoulder, and nearly colliding with several vehicles.
Police intercepted the lorry and used “follow me” signs to guide it safely off the A1 at Brampton Hut Services.
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Driver George Nadejde, 35, of Byron Road, Harrow, failed a roadside breath test with a reading of 112 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath—more than three times the legal limit of 35.
A later evidential reading in custody showed 102 microgrammes.
Nadejde pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and drink-driving at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on November 3.
He was handed a 24-week jail sentence, suspended for a year, and banned from driving for two years.
PC James Westlake, from the Road Policing Unit, said: "We would like to thank the member of the public who called us, recognised the danger this driver potentially posed and went out of their way to help keep other road users safe until we could get there.
"Driving a vehicle of this size while over the alcohol limit could have had devastating consequences."
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