From now until the kids go back to school don’t be alarmed to see drivers stood at the roadside on one leg. Or poking an eye out trying to touch the end of their own nose. It’s just a drugs test.
We can recreate black holes and live a life supported by technology our parents once watched in Flash Gordon films but it seems the only way to tell if a motorist is impaired by a bit of blow or the painkillers their GP suggested is by getting him to run through morris dancing for beginners on the grass verge.
Nottinghamshire Chief Constable Steve Green said this was ‘a crack down’. Er, yes, not the best choice of words to avoid giggles.
This is, frankly, amazing. Is there really no technology based roadside test? Even an average lawyer is going to have a field day in court defending a man accused of failing to adequately impersonate a seagull or accurately pick his own nose.
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