I’m a good lad, I’ve got a career, I’ve got a good job, I’ve got a mortgage... I don’t cause nobody no harm

Bodycam footage includes a boozy school coach driver being arrested after teachers became concerned. He was found to be more than twice the legal limit while driving children into Durham city centre.

An exasperated police officer tells him: “You’re over twice the legal limit with a bus load of kids. Howay man.” The driver responds: “I can’t believe it.” The cop replies: “Well I can.” Another clip shows a sozzled van driver telling officers: “You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do.” He then falls asleep in front of stunned cops.

One shameless driver even told cops he didn’t stop for them because he “thought you were giving me a police escort”. Another inebriated man is filmed denying driving home drunk while clearly sitting in the driving seat with his hands on the wheel.

Durham Constabulary released a montage of the worst drink drivers of 2025 as part of their Christmas driving campaign Operation Limit. One video shows a drink driver being arrested after crashing into a tree on the A19.

Moments later another drink driver smashes into the wrecked motor, narrowly missing police officers. Another clip shows a couple who are so drunk they locked themselves inside their own car.

Other drivers are seen flying into rages as they are arrested for being over the limit. One man is weeping on the ground before screaming “f***ing hell!” and running over to punch a tree as cops try to calm him down.

Another man breaks down in tears and begs officers: “I’m a good lad. I’m the best of the best from this town, I’ve got a career. I’ve got a good job, I’ve got a mortgage. I don’t cause nobody no harm.”

In another video a man bursts into tears in the back of a police car as he begs officers “I just wanna go home!” Footage also showed drunk drivers being confronted after failing roadside breath tests.

One man was more than three times the legal limit of 35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath after he was stopped for missing a tyre. Another man was a staggering five times the legal limit.

An officer tells him: “You have blown 177 which is astronomically well above the legal limit to drive.” In another clip a driver is given a breath test and tells officers: “I’m a great believer that if you’re in the wrong, you’re in the wrong. Simple as that.”

Moments later the officer says: “It’s just come back as a fail.” The man brazenly replies: “Well I want a blood test.” Another yob even jokes about killing people in a crash. While lying face down with handcuffs on he laughs: “Well if they’re dead, they’re dead.”

The video has already gone viral with hundreds of thousands of views and shares online. A police spokesperson said: “Excuses, apologies, and angry slurring of words follow, but there simply is no justification for driving under the influence.

“Some of the collisions we’ve included in this video resulted in serious injuries.”