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Drink driving focuses around a person’s impairment to drive whilst under the influence of alcohol and drug driving is the same but where the impairment comes about through use of drugs or prescription medicines. Drink driving has set limits of testing to ascertain whether a driver is over the proscribed limit. Drug driving is tested [...]
Many UK drinkers and pub-goers consider themselves experts on the drink driving laws in our country; however, not all of them have their facts completely straight. As a result, people sometimes get arrested for drink driving even when they had no intention of driving at all. To ensure that you stay on the right side [...]
Go into any public house and ask the patrons about the drink driving laws and you will find that most in the room consider themselves to be experts on the subject. However, the truth is, while most people believe that they know the law, much of what they know is hearsay. To be sure that [...]
In the UK, you do not actually have to be driving on a road to be prosecuted for drink driving, all that is needed is a suspicion by the police that you are in charge of a vehicle whilst over the legal alcohol limit. For example, if you are seen leaving a public house with [...]
