In separate cases, a son and a husband drove off after drinking. Their families have been applauded for their actions by Sergeant Garry Alderson who said: "The call those people made might just have saved the driver's life or someone else's.

"It's not always the easiest call to make but it is certainly the right thing to do when you think about the devastating consequences drink-driving can have."

Calderdale magistrates heard that Thomas Carr's mother turned him in after she spotted him drunkenly taking the family car for a late-night drive.

Police caught up with Carr, 22, of Railway Street, Brighouse, after he careered into a parked car just 200 yards from his home.

He was charged with taking a vehicle without consent, causing damage, drink-driving and driving with no insurance or licence.

Prosecutor Andy Wills, said Carr had come home after a night out and his mother saw him leave again in the family Corsa.

"She phoned police who were on patrol nearby and they followed him for 200 yards until he collided with a parked Mondeo."

Carr admitted the charges and his sentencing was postponed until October 20.

In the second incident it was a woman who reported her husband.

Martin Taylor, 38, had smashed up his home and driven off in the couple's Vauxhall Vectra.

The court heard Taylor, of The Willows, Illingworth, had begun arguing with his wife after coming home drunk.

Andy Wills, prosecuting, told magistrates Taylor's wife had phoned police to tell them the defendant was drunk, had damaged the house and left in the car.

He had not got far. When officers turned up they found the couple arguing in the street.

Taylor admitted drink driving and said he knew what he did was wrong.

He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £300 fine and ordered to pay £60 costs.

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