Waiting on bloods.

[AAAD]

Hi,

I was driving three weeks ago and hit a large pile of mud (on a mountain road, in the middle of the night), came off the road and hit a tree. I dislocated my shoulder so I had to call an ambulance, in response I was of course breathalysed.

I blew a 70 at the roadside and was arrested, but because I had to go to hospital I was offered a blood test. Four hours later (and lots of water) I finally had my bloods taken by a duty doctor, then let to go on my way (expensive taxi home).

I'm a 26 year old, high alcohol intake, 105kg male. I had been drinking red wine during the day but stopped about an hour and a half before the crash.

People say I have hope to be under, though it sounds pretty borderline. Should I harbour hope? I stupidly threw away my bloods in hospital because I didn't understand why I had been given them, so I can't work that out.

Thanks for any advice, it's been three weeks and I'm dreading on the result.

 

[price1367]

The roadside test is only an indication, your actual reading. Old be different. With a 4 hour delay that could have quite an impact on what your blood comes back at, but be aware that the police sometimes ask for a 'back calculation' on the blood reading to work out what your reading would have been at the time of the accident. Some forces do it as a matter of routine, others only do it for serious road traffic collisions.