george07
New Member
Hi,
On the 07/07/2010 I made a big mistake. Firstly I should tell you that I passed on the 13th May 2010 so only had my license around 2 months.
I was planning on going round my friends house to watch some football and have a few drinks that night and so tried to get a lift there off one of my friends but none of them could do it. So I decided I would just drive and only have a couple. I got round my friends house at around 7pm and had around 3 cans between then and 11pm. We then played poker for around an hour then I fell asleep. I woke up about at 1am and felt fine and decided to drive home. I genuinely believed I would be well under the limit as it was over such a long period of time and I had a little nap too. A friend who was going to stay over his house decided to come back with me as he lives just down the road to me.
I was about 300 yards down his road and there came a stretch of road where only one vehicle could fit down. I saw a car down the other end of the road so I flashed them to give way. They were going extremely slow so I flashed them again and waited patiently. As they got closer I realised it was a police car and they got out the car. They did all the usual checks with insurance and license etc and all was fine. They spoke to my friend in the car and could smell alcohol on his breath so they asked me if I'd had anything to drink. I told them the truth and they said they were going to beathalise me. I failed. They took me to the police station and I blew 44 and 45mg in 100mg of breath. They offered me blood/urine test but I decided against it as I didn't believe it would be of much use. They put me in a cell for an hour then breathalised me again and I was about 20mg so they took me back to the car and let me drive home. I have a youth magistartes court on 22/07/2010 and of course have some questions.
Things going my way;
I was 100% co-operative
I was driving sensible and even tried to give way to the police car
I was only driving around 2 miles
I wasn't massively over the limit
Things against;
I'm 17 and only had my license around 2 months.
My questions are:
Who should I write my letter to the courts to? (Police officer told me I should prepare a letter to take with me to court but who should I address it to, e.g. Dear Magistartes?)
Is there anyway I can avoid a ban? I have well and truly learnt my lesson and after hours of research I now understand the implications a conviction can have on ones career which is why I fully agree with the zero tolerance level as there is no room for judgement.
Many thanks for any help in advance.
On the 07/07/2010 I made a big mistake. Firstly I should tell you that I passed on the 13th May 2010 so only had my license around 2 months.
I was planning on going round my friends house to watch some football and have a few drinks that night and so tried to get a lift there off one of my friends but none of them could do it. So I decided I would just drive and only have a couple. I got round my friends house at around 7pm and had around 3 cans between then and 11pm. We then played poker for around an hour then I fell asleep. I woke up about at 1am and felt fine and decided to drive home. I genuinely believed I would be well under the limit as it was over such a long period of time and I had a little nap too. A friend who was going to stay over his house decided to come back with me as he lives just down the road to me.
I was about 300 yards down his road and there came a stretch of road where only one vehicle could fit down. I saw a car down the other end of the road so I flashed them to give way. They were going extremely slow so I flashed them again and waited patiently. As they got closer I realised it was a police car and they got out the car. They did all the usual checks with insurance and license etc and all was fine. They spoke to my friend in the car and could smell alcohol on his breath so they asked me if I'd had anything to drink. I told them the truth and they said they were going to beathalise me. I failed. They took me to the police station and I blew 44 and 45mg in 100mg of breath. They offered me blood/urine test but I decided against it as I didn't believe it would be of much use. They put me in a cell for an hour then breathalised me again and I was about 20mg so they took me back to the car and let me drive home. I have a youth magistartes court on 22/07/2010 and of course have some questions.
Things going my way;
I was 100% co-operative
I was driving sensible and even tried to give way to the police car
I was only driving around 2 miles
I wasn't massively over the limit
Things against;
I'm 17 and only had my license around 2 months.
My questions are:
Who should I write my letter to the courts to? (Police officer told me I should prepare a letter to take with me to court but who should I address it to, e.g. Dear Magistartes?)
Is there anyway I can avoid a ban? I have well and truly learnt my lesson and after hours of research I now understand the implications a conviction can have on ones career which is why I fully agree with the zero tolerance level as there is no room for judgement.
Many thanks for any help in advance.