one of me mates was arrested by the police on his way to work this morning after having a few bears last night will he be banned any ideas

 

id say so yes

 

Most likly matey, depends what reading they get when he is at the station. If he is stillover it is quite possible he will get a ban

Still its a stupid thing drink driving

 

as above if he gives an over the legal limit sample at the station then yes he will get 12months minimum

 

yea drink driving ,im totally against but he thought it would be fine didnt even think ,down the pub after work last night then home for tea but the police said he was over the limit 6 ish this morning he had just started saving for a cossie too

 

Been there done that, great fun getting insured when you get your licence back

 

I didnt know you could be arrested for that. Ive had a few pigs the night before and felt like I should have deffo been arrested for such poor judgement!

 

Make sure he asks for a blood test to prove it, the extra time it takes to get a doctor allows more alchohol to get out of the system.

 

if hes done it then hope he does get the book thrown at him.. theirs no excuse for drink driving

 

As I understand it, the guy didn't know he was over the limit, didn't even expect it.

Whatever

 

I hate bears! pandas i'll live with!

 

Of course he knew. Everyone knows that if you go out and get properly pissed that it won't be out of your system the next morning, especially if he was drinking until the earl hours.

Either way, I hope he gets banned, he obviously needs to learn a lesson.

Insurance is gonna hurt, thats a fact. Mine doubled after my 12 month Ban.

 

If over the limit he will get banned. Its a mandatory ban i'm afraid. He will only get the blood option if blows between 40 and 50. Limit is 35 but the MET don't charge if under 40. If its in the counties they charge on anything 36 and over if I recall correctly.

 

How many beers did he have the night before?

 

As Jim really- Limit is 35 at the road side on the machine and they take you to the station for a further 2 chances on the big machine- nice that as it can take a while, west midlands also only prsecute on 40 and over.

Dunno about the blood test bit

 

 

"he thought it would be fine didnt even think ,down the pub after work last night then home for tea."

Home for tea? Doesn't exactly sound like an all night bender.

 

Likely to get a ban I'm afraid. Coppers are looking for it at this time of year especially.

Makes me laugh how many saints who do no wrong and look down on others there is on here! FFS the lad had a few beers and got unlucky.

How many other folk have gone and got shit faced and then drove to work the next day occasionaly!?

 

Oh and tell him to get a good solicitor and play on the licence is essential to stay in employment.

 

I've thought that myself on numerous occassions, anyone would think Mother fucking Theresa posted here.

 

Totally agree, anyone stupid enough to drink and drive deserves it!

 

now that would be an impressive stunt.. someone from the other side posting on PF

 

Well, put it this way, if he had only had a couple, there is NO WAY that would still see him over the limit over 12 hours later.

He MUST have had a proper session.

Whatever the circumstances, Drink-driving laws aren't JUST there for Police Revenue. Imagine if he had passed a school on his way out this morning and his reactions weren't quite up to scratch?

I can judge, because I served a 12 month ban for Racing. I took it on the chin and am still suffering the higher Insurance premiums now, and the ban was in 2001!

Put it this way, he obviously didn't know he was doing anything wrong by driving the following morning, so he clearly needs to learn. Thats why these punishments are there. If he hadn't been done this time, perhaps next time it would have been worse.

 

Yeah and he may well have gone home for his tea, but it doesn't say anywhere on this post what time that actually was.

Didn't neccessarily eat it at tea time mate

 

Bangers and mash at 3 am maybe ?

 

TBH I dont think that will make any difference in a DD case

 

Yep there is NO WAY to avoid 12+ month ban after D&D.

Generally on the subject of drink driving, does anyone have experience with buying a breath tester? I've got one of those Ł2 keyring ones, but it's shite. There are Ł25 ones on eBay, anyone tried one of these or any others??

Personally I'd say it was price no object, if a proper reliable and accurate one was on the market.

 

Don't think there is a proper acurate one mate. Even the police ESD roadside machines are just a screening device and not very acurate at all. Hence why you need to blow on the proper EBM machine at the nick which is the size of a 1950s computer!

 

and for those that dont know what a 1950's computer looks like...

 

I used to have a computer that was very nearly that big, didn't have a monitor or anything that flash. Had a couple of built in printers and punch cards and stuff, you had to put the programs in with a dictafone tape. It was an old accounting computer from early 70s I think, my dad had it brought from the office for me to muck about with when it was obsolete towards the end of the 70s.

Which enables me to say something that not many people can say, that my first home computer cost Ł25,000

 

1950's? Thats what I am using now