Alright lads, my mate got done for drink driving and he aint got no insurance and he aint got a full liecence, wot sort of punishment is he looking at? also he was driving my car, as far as the police know we told em i thought he was insured and that? HELP PLEASE
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Info needed about drink driving
- Thread starter jamesoholic
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Alright lads, my mate got done for drink driving and he aint got no insurance and he aint got a full liecence, wot sort of punishment is he looking at? also he was driving my car, as far as the police know we told em i thought he was insured and that? HELP PLEASE
10
points
Being in charge of a motor vehicle when unfit through drink or drugs (Discretionary Disqualification. Custodial sentence may apply)
Being in charge of a motor vehicle with alcohol above the prescribed limit (Discretionary Disqualification. Community penalty or Custodial sentence may apply).
Failing to provide specimen for analysis in in charge cases (Discretionary Disqualification. Custodial sentence may apply).
6 - 8
points
Using, or causing of permitting use of, motor vehicle uninsured and unsecured against third party risks (Discretionary Disqualification).
Plus
No Insurance
6-8 Points
Fine
up to £5,000
No Driving Licence
3-6
Fine
up to £1,000
Dont look good
PS I notice the Oholic part in your name ??
thats true he doesnt derserve to but we all do stupid things mate, just some people get away with it thers dont, its not like he is a cocaine dealer
Totally agree with Pete on this one.
lol, i know my name may need to be changed after this, wasnt me though thank god
Will anything happen to the owner of the car (James) in this situation?
Was a Clio 1.8 16v
NO WAY! Owner can plead to the fact that he thought he was insured & had a license, etc. Thats if he gets charged which he wont. James will be fine IMO.
coolspot007007
ClioSport Club Member
Seat Leon Cupra
shouldnt do, its the drivers responsibility to be insured, have a licence and not be pissed.
Well i was pissed wen i was in the car, were telling the police i thought he had a liecence and was insured and my mate is doing that story to, i think
sheer stupidity
sums up the whole experience for me and my mate
He wasnt drunk as in hammered, just over the limit, i was hammered and i didnt really know wot was going off, i think he had about 3 pints all night, more like the merry rather than drunk, if u get me
DRINK DRIVING
Drink driving law is set out in the Road Traffic Act, 1994 as amended by the Road Traffic Act, 1995. Automatic disqualification applies to all drink driving convictions but the minimum period varies depending on the alcohol levels in individual cases. Details of the disqualification periods are as follows:
OFFENCE
MINIMUM PERIOD
1st offence
2nd offence
1. Blood alcohol level
81 mg - 100 mg
3 months
6 months
101 mg - 150 mg
1 year
2 years
151 mg or more
2 years
4 years
Absolute idiot if you ask me. Deserves everything he gets.... and more. Its people like that, which cost us legal drivers extra in insurence, aswell pose a serious risk to innocent people when drink driving.
Id say an easy 3 year ban..... and if he has been caught before for no license a possible custodial sentence?
Tim
In the case of the owner a mate of mine had the choice of saying he let his mate drive and would get nicked for allowing a pissed person on the road ( i didnt know was not an option btw) or saying his mate just drove the car & get his mate done for theft!!!!! Kinda harsh but what can you say.....Dont let a piss head drive yer motor & also it your responsibility to make sure anyone who drives your car has all the correct documents etc......
I think we have established this has been somewhat unwise. Let us know the outcome James.
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id say he deserves whats coming to him really
my mate got done for exactly the same bout 2 years ago.
he got let off lightly and got a year ban and had 2 do a drink driving rehab course which in doing so took his ban down to 9 months and a fine of £200
i think how badly you get punished depends on where you are if your genuinelly sorry and wether they are using you to set an example
if its a low profile thing like my mate he might be lucky
hope this will teach him a lesson
as far as i go i was pretty hammered and didnt really know wot i was doing, im sticking to the fact i thought he had all the documents and he told me that before he drove, as for letting a drunk person drive my car at the time he didnt seem drunk, my mate has learnt a real lesson from this, lets hope i have to, will let u know wot happends. thanks for all the peoples support
well my mate wouldve been ok but it was wet and he was driving a 2.0l honda prelude (quite old luckily) and tried showing off by overtaking a car down a country road got in a slide had no experience so couldnt get out of it smashed into the car he was overtaking and we ended up in a ditch!total disaster!
lucky it werent my car!for his sake
James, you may get points on your licence & a fine for letting your mate drive the car.......the usual thing that a judge would say is "ignorance is no excuse for the law".....meaning...its your fault, you should have made all the appropriate checks to ensure that your friend was insured & held a full licence before you drove on a public road !!.............a friend of mine lent his car to someone........the friend had an accident & they later discovered that he wasnt covered on either his or the owner of the cars insurance..........the owner of the car got a £200 fine & 3 points on his licence....(and he wasnt even in the car at the time of the accident)....im sorry but i hope you friend gets a long ban & a heafty fine.......one of my mates was killed by a drunk driver !...i have no sympathy for them !
I was at school with two guys who were involved in dodgy incidents such as these. One guy got a 5 year ban, £3000 fine and 300 hours community service for causing an injury and writing off three cars in a drunken frenzy. Absolute tool. But hes now served 3 years of that ban (was only 17 when it happened), and hes undoubtedly learnt his lesson - if anyone else contemplates driving after any drink he doesnt let them do it and puts them off. Following the incident his family threw him out he house. But he is a decent guy, just made a big mistake.
But the other guy was at a party and pissed, had not passed his test, nor was he insured, and asked my mate if he could go out to his car to get some more beers that he had left stashed there, so the other guy gave him the keys. But instead of just taking the beer, he decided to "borrow" the car (without the owners knowledge), and he ended up rolling it in a ditch! the police breathalysed him and he was over the limit. They took him into the station where he took the second test, and miraculously he passed it (everyone else had seen him drink easily 15-20 units before he took the car). But he still had no licence or insurance. In the end, my mate ended up saying that hed given him permission to take the car and all charges were dropped (even driving without a licence/insurance), all he had to do was pay my mate back for the car he took, and he got 6 points on his provisional.
So the no licence/no insurance bit may not be that serious, but the drink driving will be a ban.
guy i went to school with just got banned for 2 years and a £500 fine for crashing into a parked car when pished....tw*t
Yeah could go either way, a mate of mine did a similar thing a couple of years ago, was pissed went to his mates car to get his jacket but decided to go for a drive, but smashed the car into a wall. Then he legged it. When the police got him he was still 3 times over the limit, no licence, no insurance, and 16yrs old so too young to drink or drive.
Was taken to court for all of the above plus taking without consent, and causing damage it property. But he got off scott free........
God only knows how, they said something about it being christmas spirit and normally sensible person.?.!.?
and as for what fatherted said
one of my mates was killed by a drunk driver !...i have no sympathy for them !
does this mean if your friend had been killed by someone who was speeding that you wouldnt go a fraction over the speed limit i dont agree wiv wot the bloke did BUT im afraid thats the problem wiv humans we fudge up and make the wrong decisions.
I hope he gets the book thrown at him! Deserves everthing he gets!!!!!!!!
I don tknow if I agree with you mate as its the drivers responsibilty to check the person driving the car has suitable licenses and documentation. I think you will extremely lucky to get away with it.
If you dont believe me then check it with your local Poice Station.
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