The first drink-driving conviction may have happened in London

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According to news reports at the time, he was driving along New Bond Street around midnight when his cab began swerving across the road, mounted the pavement, and crashed into 165 New Bond Street. He was arrested by Police Constable Russell and taken to nearby Vine Street Police Station, where a police surgeon certified that he was drunk. It wasn’t until the Road Safety Act 1967 that the first blood-alcohol limit for motorists was introduced, and police were allowed to use roadside breath tests.

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