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Drink driving offence or driving with alcohol above the prescribed drink driving limit
Drink drive law as detailed in the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it an offence to drive or attempt to drive a motor vehicle on a road or public place with excess alcohol in your breath, blood or urine above the prescribed limit.
Drink driving limits are: -
35 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath;
80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100ml of blood;
107 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 ml of urine.
If you have been caught drink driving the police must follow strict procedures at the roadside and the police station in relation to your legal rights, medication, medical or mental health problems that you may have had at that time. If they do not then a specialist drink drive solicitor will argue to have the case dismissed, many drink driving convictions fail at this stage in the proceedings.
There are also very strict procedures to be followed during the drink drive procedure and failure to follow these rules may result in evidence of your breath/blood/urine sample readings being excluded.
Whether you were ‘driving’ or ‘attempting to drive’ will be a matter of fact for the Court to decide and that in itself may be challenged; even whether it is a ‘public place’ or a ‘road’ may be open to a legal argument.
If you have recently been arrested or have just received a court summons for Drink Driving we can help.
Testimonial
Here is a recent testimonial from someone who called me for advice after being arrested for Drink Driving.
"I chose Sweetmans to defend me against a drink-driving charge on the strength of an initial phone conversation shortly after my arrest. Today, six months later and with the case finally in court, I saw Chris Sweetman in action.
He skillfully managed hideously complex blood-toxicology evidence, exposed the flaws in the prosecution’s arguments with clarity and incisiveness, and showed the bench that they should make a courageous but confident and legally-founded decision to acquit. It was nothing less than a masterclass in advocacy."
May 2011, Berkshire