I have absolutely accepted my wrong-doing and I am devastated I made the decision. I’m sorry if it’s come off that way, I just need a realistic expectation and clarity of the 100’s of things I’m being told.
I did not drink a lot, and I know it doesn’t matter, but one has suggested I could have unusual alcohol metabolism which may count as a special reason. I am sceptical.
I want punishment, but I don’t want it to affect everyone else around me too. I’m an unpaid carer and this will totally mess up literally everything in my life. I’m just trying to minimise the damage, but I do fully accept responsibility and I am incredibly remorseful.
From memory there has only been a single case in the last God knows how many years where someone was able to prove that food fermentation in their stomach was the cause of their alcohol reading. Even although you were just over the limit at 42, the limit is 35, To get to 35 you would only need 4 units of alcohol. A pint of normal strength beer is 2 units. This would put you on the edge and even a few sips of beer from a third pint would put you over.
It doesn’t matter if you’re drinking lager, ale or stout, the important thing to know is how strong your drink is, and how much you’re having. For example, one pint of 5% lager contains nearly 3 units.
www.alcoholtest.org.uk
THE drink driving limit in the UK is still a mystery to a large proportion of motorists. Here is what the drink drive limit is, how much you can be fined and how long it remains in your system for.
www.express.co.uk
It takes around 15 minutes for the alcohol to enter your blood stream and 1 hour on average to metabolise 1 unit. So to clear 2 units from your system would take 2 hours 15 minutes.
For you to be sitting at 42, which is roughly 2 and a bit units, you must have driven with half an hour of consuming your last drink OR you were caught the morning after when you thought you were clear and fit.
People don't realise that after a heavy night drinking, it can be as late as 3.00pm the next afternoon before you are fit to drive, not 7.00am after a fry up.
I honestly would not waste your money on these lawyers. Get a lawyer yourself, even if you intend to plead guilty but don;t pay anyonre that £300-£400. You were over the limit. Accept it. Plead guilty, get a reduction on your ban and fine that goes along with pleading guilty and make sure your lawyer asks for you to be placed on a Drink Driver Awareness Course. This will take 25% off your ban.
Console yourself with the fact that up to 100,000 people are convicted in the UK of DUI each year.
Equally, ANYONE that drinks alcohol and drives has, or will be at some time, over the limit even though they haven't been caught.