Eight policemen in three police cars have made an arrest of a man driving after consuming three times the legal drink driving limit. The man was pulled over as he made his way home from a local pub, on his mobility scooter.

The pensioner, travelling at around 4mph on a pavement close to his Chesterfield home was surrounded by the policemen when he failed to stop. One policeman thought it necessary to mount the pavement with his vehicle to prevent the pensioner from continuing his journey whilst another took his keys.

Eamonn Donohoe, 62 of Chesterfield was travelling at around 4mph on a pavement near his home when police surrounded him, preventing him from completing his journey home. Mr Donohoe, who is disabled due to blocked arteries in his lower legs, was pulled over after spending a pleasant evening at his local pub playing dominoes with friends. He had consumed around six or seven pints before leaving for home.

He was kept in police cells for 12 hours, fingerprinted and had his DNA taken. Mr Donohoe commented “Anybody would think that I was a bank robber or a member of Al-Qaeda, I can’t believe how they treated me”.

He continued; “They must have known, like I did, that the rules of the road don’t apply when you’re riding a mobility scooter down the pavement at three and a half miles an hour, but it didn’t seem to matter one jot.”I didn’t stop at first because I wanted to get home, and I wasn’t doing anything wrong.”

Mr Donohoe was found to be three times over the legal UK drink driving limit after he failed a roadside breath test. He has been banned from driving; however he has not been banned from driving his mobility scooter as it is not actually classed as car.

There are several unusual cases of drink driving, including a milk man charge with driving his float whilst under the influence and a Welsh rugby player driving a golf buggy down a busy motorway.

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A disqualification from driving can range from one year to ten years depending on the severity of the offence. There are also cases where a judge will rule that the offender should serve a lifetime disqualification to avoid putting the lives of others at risk.

There is also something called a Short Period Disqualification (SPD ) which means you are banned from driving for less than 56 days, during which time the court will have custody of your driving license, but it will not be surrendered. This penalty is usually given for less severe offences, and you can start driving once it has expired, without taking your test again

When a full license disqualification has been given and completed, you are able to apply for a license again, using forms available at the post office and online. If you do this you will be issued with a provisional licence and then need take the theory, hazard and practical tests in order to regain a full licence.

The endorsements of a disqualification will remain on a licence unless otherwise instructed by a magistrate for which you will need to appear and present your case for removal.

In some cases of extended bans, you may not be banned for the whole period, as the court sometimes allow a driver to serve half their disqualification if they have taken steps to ensure that after the disqualification period they can be a safer driver, such as a drink driving rehabilitation course. A ban may also be reduced if the court take into account the motorists personal circumstances and deem that the impact of the ban would be detrimental to the motorists family life or job.

For bans longer than 2 years you can apply after half the proposed disqualification period, for example for a ban of 6 years you can apply after 3. If you made other offences, driving or otherwise, since your disqualification the court will immediately dismiss your application. If you are caught driving whilst banned you will face a custodial sentence and a hefty fine.

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