Two motorists were charged with impaired driving on the weekend, including one not old enough to legally drink.
Approximately 11:25 p.m. Saturday police were called by a west-end resident who advised her teenage son had been drinking and had just shoved her and took her pickup. Officers located the vehicle in a ditch just outside the city.
While speaking to the driver, officers noted a strong odour of alcohol on his breath. He was arrested and transported to the police station, where tests confirmed he had more than the legal amount of alcohol in his system. A 17-year-old is charged with impaired driving.
Just after midnight Monday morning, an officer observed a vehicle stopped in the exit from a licensed establishment on Silvercreek Parkway North. The driver waited a couple of minutes, then accelerated out of the driveway at a high rate of speed.
The officer followed the vehicle and pulled it over. While speaking to the driver the officer immediately detected a strong odour of alcohol on his breath. After failing a roadside breath test the male was arrested and transported to the police station, where further testing confirmed he had more than the legal amount of alcohol in his system. A 23-year-old Guelph man is charged with impaired driving and driving without a licence.
Both accused had their licences suspended for 90 days and their vehicles impounded for seven days. They were released with upcoming court dates.
