Friday nightTwo drink drivers caught asleep behind the wheel

RTL Today
At around 3am on early Saturday morning, the police received reports of a driver who had fallen asleep behind the wheel on Route de Koerich in Capellen.
This is a photo of a person sleeping in a car during their break in Bordeaux, taken on 22 April 2014. This photo is therefore not related to the stories mentioned in this article.
This is a photo of a person sleeping in a car during their break in Bordeaux, taken on 22 April 2014. This photo is therefore not related to the stories mentioned in this article.
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Before the police could get to him, the driver woke up and zig-zagged towards Olm.

A police patrol managed to stop the motorist shortly after on the N13 near Windhof. A breathalyser test revealed that the driver was inebriated.

A second driver fell asleep behind the wheel in front of a red light in Merl. The eyewitness who reported the man told officers that he might be drunk. This was confirmed a short while later. In fact, his alcohol level was double the legal limit. The man’s driving licence was revoked on the spot.

At around 3.20am, a drink-driver blocked the roadway in Rives de Clausen in Luxembourg City with his vehicle. The man eventually continued driving but was pulled over by the police in Rue de Neuford. The alcohol test came back positive, and officers withdrew his driving licence straight away.

Finally, another police patrol in Luxembourg City stopped a car that was driving the wrong way down a one-way street at around 9am on Saturday morning.

Officers noticed several open bottles of alcohol in the car. They asked the driver to take a breathalyser test, which came back positive. The motorist was issued a temporary driving ban.

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