ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA — Police dashcam footage captured a drunk driver driving down a Georgia highway on the wrong side of the road on New Year's.

The camera picked up the action on the GA 400 highway in the early hours of Jan. 1.

The footage, uploaded to Facebook by the Alpharetta Safety Department, shows officers trying in vain to get driver Rhett Rush to stop heading north into oncoming, southbound vehicles.

Officers chased Rush for nearly half a mile down the highway, but he refused to pull over, 11Alive reported.

Eventually, police were able to box Rush in and stop him. He was arrested and police found several empty beer cans inside his car, according to CBS46.

Rush was charged with driving under the influence, driving on the wrong side of the road, attempting to elude police, and violating open container laws, 11Alive reported.

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