Drink Driving Defence

Get the right help when facing a drunk driving defence when faced with a drink driving charge

What many people may not know is that the consumption of only a few alcoholic drinks, may be sufficient to put you over the legal drink driving alcohol limit, which is 35 milligrams per 100 millilitres of alcohol in breath (limits also exist in blood and urine).Regardless of how you arrived at your current situation, if you are facing a drink driving offence, it’s important to get the help of a barrister who specialises in motor offences such as Simon at Collingham Chambers.

When it comes to drink driving offences, there can be many possible challenges to the evidence:

• Was the roadside breathalyser request or arrest lawful?
• Were you actually driving or in charge of the vehicle?
• Perhaps you were suffering from a medical condition which prohibited you from providing a specimen?
• Was the breathalyser procedure completed properly?

The results of a conviction can be lifechanging

A conviction for a drink driving related offence can be life changing and can result in the loss of your driving licence, a rise in insurance premiums and more significantly, the loss of your employment. Furthermore, a drink driving conviction gives the court a power to impose a range of sentencing options from receiving a maximum 6 months custodial sentence, a community punishment or an unlimited fine, as well as receiving a mandatory minimum 12 months ban, all dependent uponthe amount of alcohol found in your system and the circumstances of the offence.

Check out our previous article here.