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VIDEO: Drunk driver flips vehicle after crashing into parked car

Another road user caught the incident on his dashcam.

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THE DANGERS OF drink-driving should be clear to most road users, but police in the UK have released new footage to hammer home the message.

In the video, taken on a dashcam by a member of the public, a driver can be seen swerving between lanes, braking erratically and driving without lights on.

He eventually crashes into a parked vehicle on the side of the road, flipping his own car over.

Luckily, nobody was injured in the incident on 9 May this year.

When police arrived, they found the driver to be three times over the legal limit. He was disqualified from driving for over two years.

Related: ‘Alco-locks’ could be on the way for those that continue to drink-drive

Read: “Driving drunk…I’ll be dead thanks to you” – chilling text sent minutes before fatal car crash

More: Tearful Vidal apologises after drink-driving Ferrari crash

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    Mute Its just Teddy
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    Jun 12th 2014, 12:19 PM

    No need to worry about this here in Ireland just like there film and tv streeaming service it will never open in Ireland as it’s not cost effective or worth the hassle for them to buy the Irish streaming rights.

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    Mute monoelectron
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    Jun 12th 2014, 1:40 PM

    well zune/xbox music too about 6 years, google music around 2 or 3 so it might come eventually

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    Mute Patrick Moran
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    Jun 12th 2014, 12:13 PM

    When network coverage in rural areas becomes acceptable I might consider it. Until then it’s the trustee CD for me.

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    Mute James St John Smith
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    Jun 12th 2014, 12:15 PM

    Did CDs just arrive down the country?

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    Mute Fergal Barry
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    Jun 12th 2014, 1:07 PM

    Easy to be smug wit your 100 mb download speeds in the shittys. . 8 track it is for me still!!

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    Mute Paul Roche
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    Jun 12th 2014, 12:22 PM

    Ok,
    If a business (bar, restaurant, hairdressers etc.) opts to stream music to their customers and Amazon, Spotify and Beats are paying songwriter royalties, how does this affect the IMRO Licence that businesses are obliged to have?

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