The traffic police stopped a butane lorry and breathalyzed the driver during a routine check – he was six times over the limit.

This occurred in a Puebla de Trives in Galicia and involved local deliveries of butane bottles, rather than on an autovía.

According to the Guardia Civil, the maximum for commercial drivers is 0.15 milligrams per litre, whereas our mobile-bomb driver registered 0.95, bless his cotton socks.

The authorities said that there has been an alarming increase in the number DUIs involving commercial drivers in that area of Spain, where local work on the high-speed-rail, construction site translates into a lot more heavy traffic.

(News: Castro Caldelas, Galicia)