A woman has been charged after allegedly driving at nearly four times the legal alcohol limit.
Around 6.30pm yesterday, Waitemata Police received a call on the *555 line from a man who was following a car driving erratically along the Coatesville Riverhead Highway, north of Auckland.
The car was heading towards Albany and was seen to be swerving into other lanes and driving off the shoulder of the road, police said. Two primary-school aged children were in the car.
The car pulled into the driveway of a residential address and police arrived.
The 29-year-old driver was breath-tested, and the result was allegedly a breath alcohol level of 1568mcg, nearly four times the legal limit, police said.