| What is the offence? |
- Failing to provide a roadside breath test
(Code DR70)
- Driving/Attempting to Drive with excess alcohol
(DR10)
- Being in charge of a motor vehicle with excess
alcohol (DR40)
- After Driving/Attempting to drive refusing
to provide samples for analysis (DR30)
- After being in charge refusing to provide
samples for analysis (DR60)
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| Maximum points and fine |
DR70
- Fine - up to £3,000
- 4 penalty points on your licence
- Disqualification is at the discretion of
the Court
DR10
- Fine - up to £5,000 and/or up to 6 months
imprisonment
- Automatic disqualification for at least 12
months for first offence
- Automatic disqualification for at least 3
years for second offence within 10 years.
DR40
- Fine - up to £4,000 and/or up to 3 months
imprisonment
10 penalty points on your licence
Disqualification is at the discretion of the
Court
DR30
- Fine - up to £5,000 and/or 6 months
imprisonment
- Automatic disqualification for at least 12
months for first offence (18 months tends to
be the norm as you are considered to have been
trying to avoid being found guilty)
- Automatic disqualification for at least 3
years for second offence within 10 years
DR60
- Fine - Level 4 (£4,000) and/or 3 months
imprisonment
- 10 penalty points on your licence
- Disqualification is at the discretion of the
Court
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| How it tends to work |
You will have been stopped by the Police either
because:
- You have been involved in an accident
- You have driven in such a way that you have
been stopped
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| Defence |
| The only defence is that the police have got it
wrong |
| Evidence |
The prosecution evidence must come from at
least two sources, eg
- Breath Analysis results
- Blood test
- Breath test at the Police station
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