Medical

[edcaton]

Hi
I was recently convicted of drink driving my reading were 93mg alcohol to 100mg blood which i was told was a low reading today on arriving home I have received a letter saying that due to nature of the offence i will be required to take a full medical before getting my licence back.
PS
this is my first motoring offence in 42 years of driving with no points at all in this period
can I appeal

Regards

 

[Forum Moderator]

Hi
I was recently convicted of drink driving my reading were 93mg alcohol to 100mg blood which i was told was a low reading today on arriving home I have received a letter saying that due to nature of the offence i will be required to take a full medical before getting my licence back.
PS
this is my first motoring offence in 42 years of driving with no points at all in this period
can I appeal

Regards

You should only have to take a medical if you are classed as a high risk offender.

High Risk Offenders are drivers who:

• Have been disqualified by order of a court for being over two and a half times the legal drink driving limit with a blood alcohol content that equalled or exceeded:
  
  (i) 87.5 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath, or
  (ii) 200 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood, or
  (iii) 267.5 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of urine; OR
• Have been disqualified by order of a court for failing, without reasonable excuse, to provide a specimen for analysis when ordered to do so pursuant to section 7 of The Road Traffic Act (refusing/failing to supply an evidential breath, blood or urine sample); OR

• Have been disqualified on two or more occasions within a period of 10 years for a drink drive offence.