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Re: Drink and Drive 57 mg
By: Prakasva Date: January 9, 2026, 1:08 pm
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On a separate note, I spoke to person today and she said that I
should have refused to police to do breath test and asked for
blood test.
She did that once and police did blood test but to get
appointment for blood test it took more than 4 hours and her
reading was low. So her offence was smoking and littering on
highway. Is that true? Will it work?
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Re: Drink and Drive 57 mg
By: Southpaw82 Date: January 9, 2026, 1:14 pm
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Probably not. If you refuse a breath test you get charged with
failure to provide (the punishment for which is often as bad as
drink driving). If (and only if) the police think you have a
good reason not to give a breath sample will they offer a blood
(or urine) test instead. The story you were told is poor advice
(and too late for you).
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Re: Drink and Drive 57 mg
By: baroudeur Date: January 10, 2026, 5:47 am
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[quote author=Brenda_R2 link=topic=9178.msg105219#msg105219
date=1767972093]
[quote author=NewJudge link=topic=9178.msg105140#msg105140
date=1767913388]
I'm not too sure why Roy asked the question.
[/quote]
Not speaking for him but I've seen on other forums where there
is an assumption that if you are in possession of both a UK and
an EU driving licence then you can present one and keep the
other one clean.
So Pawel, originally from Gdansk but now living in Colchester,
gets 6 points for speeding and hands over his Polish driving
licence - his UK licence remains clean and if insurers check the
DVLA database when he comes to reinsure his vehicle they'll find
nothing.
The assumption is wrong but it seems to have legs.
[/quote]
Because foreign licence holders get UK points added to a UK
ghost licence? About 20,000 a year apparently.
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Re: Drink and Drive 57 mg
By: roythebus Date: January 10, 2026, 8:32 pm
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Yes, those were the points I was getting at. If the OP has a
foreign licence, he will get points on a ghost UK licence and be
banned from driving in the UK, I believe a UK court can't ban a
foreign driver from driving outside the UK.
The other thing the police seem keen to test for is drugs if the
"police chase" TV shows are to be believed. double whammy.
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