Drink Driving Dunfermline

Our client was accused of drink-driving in Dunfermline. He was in a precarious situation as the reading was very high (over 4 times the limit) and he was desperate not to be without his licence. His position was simply that he had commenced drinking after he had ceased driving - also known as the 'hip-flask defence'. We instructed a forensic toxicologist to determine whether or not our client's proposed line of defence would be feasible. Unfortunately, the scientific report did not match our client's recollection of what he had consumed. As such we advised that a plea of guilty was now the most appropriate course of action as his proposed line of defence had no realistic prospect of success. Drink driving offences in Dunfermline are treated very seriously and the plea was intimated to the Court at the Intermediate Diet. Following representations to the Court, our client was given a 14 month period of disqualification and was deemed suitable for the drink drive rehabilitation scheme which further reduced the sentence by 3 months giving a net disqualification of 11 months. This was an outstanding result for a reading of 91 microgrammes in breath where the limit is 22 microgrammes. It's not always possible to save someone's driving licence and the best that a reputable road traffic lawyer can do is limit the damage to the licence as much as possible. If you are accused of drink driving in Dunfermline or elsewhere in Scotland, contact our office for free, impartial advice.