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A drunk HGV driver caught driving on the M40 whilst three times over the legal limit, has been banned from driving for 2 years 4 months.
38 year old Sandeep Khakh from Waltham Gardens was also sentenced to 200 hours supervised unpaid work and a 120 day Alcohol Abstinence Requirement when sentenced at Leamington Spa Magistrates Court on 22 January 2025.
He was arrested on 22 December during Op Limit, the national anti-drink and drug driving operation.
PC Simon Dalby said “We would like to thank the members of the public who called us to report seeing this driver swerving on the M40 southbound and the drivers around him whose actions helped to protect other road users. As a result we were able to stop him and he was arrested at Warwick Services at around 1pm. Later a breathalyser test showed a reading of over three times the legal limit.
“This driver has lost his job. He found out that the public strongly supports our enforcement activity and everyone is watching his driving. The public is right to be concerned about his driving because those who drive under the influence of drink or drugs have a significantly higher risk of being involved in a serious collision. We will continue our regular operations to arrest drink and drug drivers and put them before the courts to make our roads safer for everyone.”
About Driving for Better Business
In order to try and make the roads safer, the partnership supports and actively promotes the Driving for Better Business programme. Driving for Better Business is a free to access National Highways programme to help employers in the private and public sectors reduce work-related road risk, protecting staff who drive or ride for work, and others who they may share the road with. For more information follow click here.