By Taylah Eastwell
A man caught driving down the wrong side of the Princes Freeway with a blood alcohol reading of .175 was among 23 drink drivers and six drug drivers that were intercepted by Southern Metro police over the weekend.
During the two-day operation, booze buses and random breath-testing sites were set up between 7.00pm and 3.00am on Springvale Road, Princes Highway, Police Road and Centre Road on the nights of Friday 22 and Saturday 23 November.
Nearly 10,000 drivers were checked during the operation, which was at aimed reducing the number of fatal and serious-injury collisions in the region. An additional 14 people have lost their lives on regional roads compared to last year.
The operation resulted in two arrests and four vehicles being impounded. Police found 11 people driving disqualified or unlicensed, 21 driving unregistered vehicles and 9 people behind the wheel of unroadworthy cars.
The 41-year old Clayton South man caught driving down the wrong side of the freeway over the limit had his car impounded and is expected to be charged with drink driving and driving an unregistered vehicle.
