Officials have revealed the UK's oldest drinker driver was a 100-year-old man, and he was one of five over 90s stopped by officers while driving over the limit. New data obtained from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) by leading UK vehicle leasing firm Select Car Leasing has lifted the lid on the country’s problem with drink driving.
And it showed how four times as many men have had their records endorsed for alcohol-related motoring offences as women in the past five years. Graham Conway, Managing Director of Select Car Leasing, said: “Getting behind the wheel while impaired by drink or drugs is never acceptable, no matter what age you are.
“It’s no secret that our ability to drive is often affected as we grow older – our eyesight perhaps isn’t what it was and our reactions become slower. Drivers have a responsibility to be fully in control when taking to the road and failing to uphold that can have grave consequences.”
