Victoria police just never know what to expect when they’re conducting a roadblock and one driver proved just that on Friday night.
Just before midnight, an intoxicated driver arrived at a roadblock and attempted to hand an officer a burger instead of his drivers’ licence.
While on the humorous side, police did say the driver nearly struck an officer and reserve constable as he approached.
Yes very scary, he almost struck one officer and a R/Cst on his approach
— VicPD Traffic (@vicpdtraffic) December 8, 2018
Police said the man was so impaired he could not provide a sample for impairment testing.
Two more drivers were also taken off the road following this incident.
Earlier this month, a province-wide initiative kicked off to stop impaired drivers this holiday season.
The ‘Holiday CounterAttack‘ project is coordinated by the B.C. government, local police units, and ICBC, and features an increased number of road checks set up across the province, and started Saturday, December 1st.
On Vancouver Island, this includes a coordinated effort by the Island District Traffic Services’ ‘Light up the Highway’ initiative, through which planned check-stops will run the length of the island.
Officers will be using standardized field sobriety testing and specially trained drug recognition experts at these stops, and will also be enforcing impaired driving laws in accordance with the recently imposed cannabis legislation.
During our roadblock tonight one impaired tried to give his hamburger to our member instead of this drivers licence. He was so impaired he could not provide a sample #roadsafety
— VicPD Traffic (@vicpdtraffic) December 8, 2018
Thanks for continuing to keep our roads safe 🙏🏻
— Dawn Kloster 🇨🇦 (@mazinglyblessed) December 8, 2018
No quite sure what to say about this one except that – VicPD has arrested the Hamburglar
— The Canadian Hero (@HerosofCanada) December 9, 2018
Frightening to think how many drivers unknowingly dodged that bullet before you stopped him. Thanks for getting him off the road.
— Tuxedoville🇨🇦 (@Tuxedoville) December 8, 2018