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Man Blames Diet for Drink-Driving Conviction (5 September 2011)

Date: 05/09/2011
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, Man Blames Diet for Drink-Driving Conviction

A 33-year-old man in Cambridge has blamed his dieting success for being caught at almost twice the legal drink-driving limit, a court has heard. The man, who was stopped by police on the M11, claimed that his weight loss has led to him being over the limit. Tests showed the man to have 62 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit of alcohol in the breath for driving is 35 micrograms.

Representing himself at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court in the absence of his own criminal solicitors, the driver claimed that he had misjudged the quantity of alcohol he had consumed. The previously law-abiding citizen’s drink-driving conviction is his first on record and claimed that losing his licence would cause him extreme hardship. The man has been disqualified from driving a vehicle for 18 months and must pay a fine of £270, along with court costs of £85 and a £15 victim surcharge.

According to Government health advice, weight does influence whether an individual is over the legal drink-driving limit. Factors such as gender, stress, and metabolism are also deemed influences on alcohol levels in the body. A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire police states that their message on drink driving is clear and those who are unable to work out their own safe drink driving limit should either drink and do not drive or drive and abstain from alcohol.

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