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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13 Oct In Drug Driving
Man Drug Driving With Kids In The Car

It has been reported that a man has been arrested after he failed a roadside drugs test. However, the most distressing issue that he was driving with kids in the car at the time. The driver, Ryan Proctor, was pulled over by the police as they noticed the kids were not wearing seat belts. Proctor […]

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09 Oct In Drug Driving
3 Types Of Drugs Leads To Driving Ban

A man who tested positive for 3 types of drugs whilst driving has been banned from driving for 12 months. The drugs he failed his test on were cocaine, ketamine and Benzoylecgonine. The driver, Rhys Cox came to the attention of the police as he was seen to be driving erratically. When stopped, police noted […]

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15 Sep In Drink Driving Drink Driving Defences Drug Driving
Driver Who Took Cocktail Of Drugs Spared Jail

A Cheltenham man who took a cocktail of drugs drove his car at “insane” speeds and then crashed into a stationary Land Rover has been spared jail at Gloucester Crown Court. The court heard that the driver, Justin Baker had been driving his VW Golf when he took a corner at speed. He then lost control […]

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04 Sep In Drug Driving
Prison Sentence For Drug Driving Upheld

The driver, Ami Galliford who was caught drug driving, driving without a licence and driving without insurance, with 2 child passengers has had her application for an appeal against her sentence refused. The sentence was borne out of 2 offences. The first was from 20 May 2016 when she was caught driving with a reading […]

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06 Jun In Caught Drink Driving Drug Driving
Crackdown On Drink & Drug Driving In Sussex

Sussex police have a year round drink and drug driving campaign called Operation Dragonfly. It operates the campaign with the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership and targets offenders in a bid to prevent accidents and a make the roads safer in the county. As part of the summer campaign, the police will be operating dedicated patrols […]

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15 May In Caught Drink Driving Drug Driving
Drug Driving Soars By 140% Figures Reveal

A new Freedom of Information request by the insurance website confused.com has revealed a massive surge in drug driving cases. The figures have revealed that in 2015 some 1,686 motorists were charged with the offence of drug driving. This new report details the most common drugs that some people have in their system when they […]

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