18 Nov In Drink Driving Drink Driving In The News
Police Christmas drink driving crackdown to target female drivers

We all know that the police are ever more vigilant on their drink driving campaigns at Christmas however, it has been reported that traffic officers may be targeting female drivers this year. The news seems to come on the back of reports that women are convicted of drink driving offences more than any other. These […]

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14 Nov In Drink Driving Drink Driving In The News
Drink driver who was caught on tram tracks gets a 17 month ban

An uninsured drink driver, who ended up driving on tram tracks and causing £6,000 of damage to his week old Mercedes Benz, has received a 17 month driving ban. The driver, Maurice Cooney, had to raise the alarm at a nearby office after his car was stranded on the Midland Metro tram tracks. His stranded […]

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11 Nov In Caught Drink Driving Drink Driving Millars Solicitors
Forklift Truck Driver Banned After Admitting 4th Drink Driving Offence

A Forklift truck driver who was caught for a 4th time drink driving has been banned from the road for 40 months. The incident began was 27 year old Gary Prescott was seen driving erratically in the early hours of a Sunday morning. Prescott was stopped by the police who noted that his speech was […]

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07 Nov In Caught Drink Driving Drink Driving Drug Driving
Drink Drivers To Have Drug Driving Education

A pilot scheme is being rolled out that will educate drink drivers on the dangers of drug driving. The drug driving education scheme is now being added to the drink drivers rehabilitation course as part of a new initiative. The drink drivers rehabilitation course forms part of the sentencing exercise for convicted drink drivers. The […]

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04 Nov In Caught Drink Driving Drink Driving Drug Driving
CCTV Showed Drink Driver Racing Through City Centre Before Crashing & Killing Passenger

A 20 year old drink driver, whose driving caused the death of his 17 year old passenger, has been handed a 6 year jail sentence. Reports have detailed that the drink driver, 20 year old Tyrone Quinn, had a number of passengers in his BMW when driving through Newcastle city centre. 1 of those passengers […]

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03 Nov In Drink Driving Drink Driving In The News Millars Solicitors
Tragedy As Lawyer Is Found Hanged After Being Arrested For Drink Driving

There has been tragic news that a lawyer who had been arrested for drink driving, decided to take her own life. 32 year old planning lawyer, Karanne Hollow was said to have been “embarrassed” after she crashed her Mercedes Benz into a hedge at 3am. Sadly, she has been found hanged at her home after […]

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01 Nov In Drink Driving
Learner Driver Caught Drink Driving After Row With Fiance

A learner driver has been caught drink driving following a “severe” argument with her fiancé. 28 year old Jemima Alexander took her finance’s care without his permission, the morning after they had an argument. The court heard that she did not normally have access to his car keys as she is a learner driver. At […]

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28 Oct In Drink Driving
Trail Of Destruction Left By Christmas Day Drink Driver

A drink driver who left a trail of destruction as he drove on Christmas Day was told by the court that he “could have killed someone”. The 36 year old driver, Bryce Reid had been driving to excess before he got behind the wheel of his car. So bad was his driving that he mounted […]

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25 Oct In Drink Driving
Drink Driving OAP Who Knocked Down Cyclist Detained By Vigilante

A man who was driving near to a 71 year old driver, witnessed him knock over a cyclist and then just carry on driving. Not wanting to let the driver get away away with it, and after checking the cyclist was okay, he followed him home, detained him and called the police. The 71 year […]

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21 Oct In Drink Driving
Survey Fuels Call For Lower Drink Driving Limit

A survey carried out by the British Social Attitude Survey has found that an overwhelming 77% of those people interviewed support a lowering of the drink driving limit in England and Wales. The results of this survey may well come as no surprise as public opinion continues to sway towards a drink driving limit reduction […]

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