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Drink Driving..

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  • #32
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Mod:

    For clarification, I think that certain posters were being sarcastic. Self calculated blood alcohol readings, insulting the judge and making assurances of acquittals in drink driving cases are amusing but cannot be taken seriously.

    As always, the advice is to get a solicitor.

    Lastly, criticism of the OP is off topic, tedious, does not add to legal discussion and will be acted upon from now on.


  • #33
    scottkirwan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭scottkirwan


    Wonder will he be honest enough to tell us what happens?


  • #34
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    While I'd be quite for you to simply 'take your medicine' there are, on occasion, technical defences to Drink Driving available. I suggest you have a solicitor look at the case.


  • #35
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    ElleEm wrote: »
    I think the poster was taking the p!ss.

    So did the guards..:D


  • #36
    Puibo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭Puibo


    Tuff sheet. Get used to the bus. If you didnt get caught you would probably do it again and hit somebody. Hope they never give you the liscence back.

    MOD:
    This type of dig at the OP is off topic. There was an on-thread warning about it.


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  • #37
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    ezra_pound wrote: »
    It is an offence to drive without your license on you. It is unlikely that the guards will be so kind as to drop this charge when the op was clearly steaming drunk.

    True that, but having no license is a separate offense.


  • #38
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Purely anecdotal, but based on my experimentation with drinking and home breathalysers:

    You drank 22 units starting at 7pm, which means ten hours later when tested you would have roughly 12 units still in your system, or 6 pints.

    So you're probably looking at a BAC of between 0.16 and 0.2.

    Which means in court you're looking at a 3-6 year ban and a four-figure fine. You should count yourself lucky if you don't get a suspended sentence, but if you have any history with the law, you will get a suspended or even custodial sentence.


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