I blaze every day have done for past 15 years, when I got caught I was expecting my blood to be sky high.
5.4 was my reading your allowed 2.0 apparently judge said it was a low reading got 12 month ban and 120£ fine.
I know someone who was 0.1 over reading got liscence revoked for 5 years
That would have been for a second conviction in 10 years, or some nasty circumstances involving injury. You do not get a 5 year ban for a simple ‘just over‘ case.
There are no set guidelines for drug driving as there is for drink driving where the length of the ban is put into 4 brackets, but there are similar guidelines that it is suggested the magistrates follow:
Driving or attempting to drive
Triable only summarily
Maximum: Unlimited fine and/or 6 months
- Must endorse and disqualify for at least 12 months
- Must disqualify for at least 2 years if offender has had two or more disqualifications for periods of 56 days or more in preceding 3 years – refer to disqualification guidance. Magistrates: consult your legal adviser for further guidance
- Must disqualify for at least 3 years if offender has been convicted of a relevant offence in preceding 10 years – consult your legal adviser for further guidance
If there is a delay in sentencing after conviction, consider interim disqualification
As a guide, where an offence of driving or attempting to drive has been committed and there are no factors that increase seriousness the Court should consider a starting point of a Band C fine, and a disqualification in the region of 12–22 months. See below for the list of factors that increase seriousness. Please note this is an exhaustive list and only factors that appear in the list should be considered.
Where there are factors that increase seriousness, the Court should consider increasing the sentence on the basis of the level of seriousness.
The community order threshold is likely to be crossed where there is evidence of one or more factors that increase seriousness. The Court should also consider imposing a disqualification in the region of 23–28 months.
The custody threshold is likely to be crossed where there is evidence of one or more factors that increase seriousness and one or more aggravating factors. The Court should also consider imposing a disqualification in the region of 29–36 months.