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Driving round the M25 from Guildford to home earlier a white van caught my eye as it drifted partly into the next lane and sharply corrected itself. It did this a few more times in a very short space of time. I sped up a little and overtook it expecting to see the driver texting or the like but instead the driver was gripping the steering wheel firmly with both hands and staring intently straight ahead.
I drifted back behind him and dialed 999 as he continued to weave over the road. We were just passing the M23 junction as I made the call and I finished as he had commited to the M25 at the A22 junction.
5 minutes later we were approaching Clacketts Services and I spotted a Motorway Patrol car plotted up on the hard shoulder just before the exit. I gave it a toot as we passed to make sure he'd seen the van and sure enough he pulled out, quickly caught up and tucked in behind the van.
Surprisingly he put on his blues in a matter of seconds after getting behind and the van took a few seconds to register before pulling onto the hard shoulder where it continued to drive for maybe a mile before eventually stopping with the patrol car now back in lane 1 alongside the van. The copper jumped out of his car and ran round to the van as the driver threw his keys out of the window. I had pulled in behind and realising the copper was on his own jumped out to pitch in if need be but he quickly got the driver out and cuffed on the hard shoulder.
Another car arrived a minute later and took control of the prisoner as the first driver tidied up his parking.
I exchanged a few words with the first copper on the scene who said he pulled him over straight away as he saw him drinking from a bottle of Scotch!
I headed off home and got a phone call from the Police 10 minutes later thanking me and confirming they had arrested the driver and that he had blown massively over the limit in the patrol car.
A good result methinks!
tl:dr - wvm 1 - wvm 0