What is the drink driving limit and what are the punishments?
What is the drink driving limit?
In technical terms, you are over the drink drive limit if there is
- 80 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood in your body or,
- 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres in your breath or,
- 107 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres in your urine.
What are the punishments for driving with excess alcohol?
As a general guide, the driver could be facing anything from a maximum penalty of six months in prison, to a fine of up to £5,000 and a minimum driving ban of 12 months.
At this stage you are probably very worried about what your punishment might be, therefore we have provided you with a calculator. This will give you a detailed estimate of your potential sentence. We welcome you to use our free sentence calculator.
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