tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post5590102354804360183..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: "Drink / drive" ~ lower limits apply in ScotlandObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-46281055001766920352014-12-30T19:27:12.411+00:002014-12-30T19:27:12.411+00:00The limit should be set at a level which allows fo...The limit should be set at a level which allows for liqueur chocolates, mouthwash, and the natural production of alcohol in the gut* whatever that is. And no higher.<br /><br /><br />*There was an old lady of Hyde<br />Who ate too many apples and died.<br /> The apples, fermented<br /> Inside the lamented,<br />Made cider inside 'er inside.<br /><br />I don't suppose you could make that much alcohol but I believe you can get a measurable level!Andrew Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273362558325263161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-41604364341273434972014-12-30T19:24:18.573+00:002014-12-30T19:24:18.573+00:00Good!Good!Andrew Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273362558325263161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-15012871138371235262014-12-15T14:51:41.779+00:002014-12-15T14:51:41.779+00:00Time to remind everyone that there is scant eviden...Time to remind everyone that there is scant evidence that people at or just under the current UK drink-drive limit are barely more likely to have accidents than those with no alcohol in their system. That is why the limit is where it is - evidence shows that this is a limit at which you are still fit to drive. <br /><br />After that the accident rate begins to rise sharply.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-8286567424175663942014-12-11T22:56:18.538+00:002014-12-11T22:56:18.538+00:00I would very cautiously say YES. The Road Traffic...I would very cautiously say YES. The Road Traffic Act 1988 applies to Scotland. Amendments to the RTA 1988 were made by section 20 of the Scotland Act 2012 to enable Scottish Ministers to alter the prescribed limits. However, a Scottish conviction under RTA 1988 s5 would seem to count just as much as an English one even if the limit is lower !ObiterJhttp://www.obiterj.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-34511821645120050172014-12-11T21:55:16.684+00:002014-12-11T21:55:16.684+00:00For a drink drive offence that is committed within...For a drink drive offence that is committed within 10 years of a previous drink drive offence, the law requires the driver to be disqualified for at least 3 years.<br /><br />Has the somewhat anomalous situation now been created that English courts will be required to impose a minimum 3 year disqualification on drivers who have been previously convicted in Scotland for doing something that would not have been an offence in England? <br />Harpocratesnoreply@blogger.com