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ACPOS Road Policing
ACPOS FESTIVE DRINK/DRUG DRIVING 2009
General Drink/Driving Facts
- 25% of Scots do not know how much alcohol will put them over the limit
- 1 in 9 deaths in Scottish roads involve drivers who are over the legal limit.
- The risk of being involved in an accident increases rapidly when alcohol and/or drugs are consumed
- Driving or attempting to drive whilst above the legal alcohol limit will result in:
- Loss of licence - an automatic 12 month driving ban
- A risk of being fined up to £5,000
- A criminal record – for a minimum of 20 years
- An offence which stays on your licence for 11 years
- And can now result in seizure and forfeiture of the vehicle
- Causing death by dangerous driving whilst under the influence of drink and/or drugs will result in a minimum 2-year driving ban, and up to 14-years in prison with an unlimited fine.
- The likelihood of being caught is now greater than ever before. There is a presumption to breathalyse any driver who:
- has been stopped for any moving traffic offence
- Is suspected of having been drinking
- has been involved in an accident
- The current prescribed blood-alcohol limit in the UK is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
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