This story is pretty sobering; the Dom-Post website reports:
A driver who crashed his bus into a fence with a passenger on board blew more than three times the legal limit when breath tested.
The Valley Flyer driver ran across a footpath in Forest Rd, Pinehaven, and crashed into a fence about noon today.
Neither the driver nor the sole passenger suffered injuries in the accident, but the high blood-alcohol reading blown by the driver was alarming, Acting Senior Sergeant Nick Thom said.
''It's a very high fail. It was more than triple the limit.
''I've never had a bus driver that's blown anywhere near that amount. Or any [other] bus driver blow over the limit.''
The driver would be charged with drink-driving while in control of a goods and services vehicle, Mr Thom said.
The bus was one of the smaller ''link'' buses in the Hutt Valley fleet, and was believed to have been shuttling between Pinehaven and Silverstream railway station.
Witness reports from people at the scene were that the driver appeared drunk, police said.
A preliminary breath test at the scene also confirmed the man was over the limit.
''My understanding is, he's remorseful,'' Mr Thom said.
We're sure that the driver is remorseful; not only does he have a date in Court, but he will be down the road as well for what is a gross breach of his employer's and his passengers' trust.
