Barbera sorry over drink drive stop
Added on Monday, January 9th, 2012 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments
Barbera sorry over drink drive stop
Hector Barbera has issued an apology after failing a road-side breath test in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Barbera was driving home, after an evening with friends and family, when he was pulled over by Police and breathalysed at 0.32mg/l – the breath alcohol limit for Spain is 0.25. The vehicle which he was travelling in was originally being driven by a friend, who recorded a reading of 0.60mg/l.
Barbera has since released a statement explaining the events.
It read: “Regarding reports in various media about the arrest of Hector Barbera on Friday night January 6, the rider would like to make the following clarifications:
“On Friday night I celebrated one last family Christmas dinner, also attended by several friends, with whom we later left by car for Valencia. I was traveling as a passenger in a Vauxhall Astra with a friend, who was stopped for a breathalyzer test and he exceeded the limit allowed by law. It was he, not I, who tested at 0.60.
“In that situation, because I had only had a drink of alcohol, the police suggested I take the car and I took the test and resulted 0.32 and 0.28 in a period of 20 minutes.
“I guarantee that it will not happen again and [I will make myself] available to any association of victims of driving under the effects of alcohol for a session with them and set an example that should have been offered before. I’m sorry. “
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