firsttimeidiot
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Hi, been searching around for information and heading through these forums have been a great help, knowing i'm not the only idiot out there to make one of the stupidest mistakes a person can make.
Had around 6-7 pints of stella over a 5-6 hour period (not a heavy drinker maybe once every other month). Didn't intend to drink, never take my car with me when I know I will have a few. I felt as though I was okay to drive, evidently I was not. Had a friend who lives by me so was dropping him home when my clutch went (nothing to do with the driving) ,we were stuck just before a round about, no danger to anyone, no reckless driving reported. Couldn't get the car to move and by chance a patrol car came and pulled along side us to see if everything was okay. They could tell I had a drink as they noted my speech was slurred and I was slightly swaying. I was not breathalysed roadside (maybe because it was so apparent I had drank?) I was taken to the station, my lowest reading was 122 , yes far to high to be driving regardless of how I thought I felt.
I was kept over night, co-operated from the minute the police pulled alongside my car. I was released the next day after an interview. The officers did not see me driving myself but I had an interview without a solicitor and I was asked about the events that lead up to me being arrested and I was just truthful and explained what had happened so they have the evidence of me admitting I was driving. Stupid to do so or not, i'm the type who wouldn't be able to sit there and lie, as naive as it may be.
I have been charged with section 4.1 driving whilst unfit through drink and my solicitor is a bit confused saying that it should be section 5 excess alcohol but they have just started opening the case. My charge sheet does not have the reading that I blew, I just remember being told in the interview in the morning.
30 years old . No previous convictions (never even been sent out of a classroom before), full time field job that I will lose as I drive for a living as a lengthy ban is inevitably, so I will hand my notice in after court hich on march 18th (the wait is going to kill me, full of anxiety to the point where I feel as though I cannot take another breath sometimes). Getting married in July. Fiance's mother just recently passed away suddenly so I am helping to support her as she is not working right now also paying for her counselling sessions which are a must for her. Honeymoon, engagement ring, wedding band,photographers, videographers, wedding venue, DJ, the deposits all paid and installments are being made regularly by myself and fiance towards them. Since she isn't working its mainly myself at the moment. I have let her down big time and her family. They are grieving for their wife/mother and I have added to that and the repercussions I face will increase the pain. Not to add the worry and stress I have caused my own parents.
Just posting to see the likely hood of me going to jail. I am petrified, I cannot leave my fiance alone. She has just returned from India having taken her mother ashes and she is struggling so badly right now. My mother herself is in India for a month doing wedding shopping so I am helping my dad with the day to day running of the house and helping at his shop and he is getting on a bit and it's too much for him to do 7 days a week.
Had around 6-7 pints of stella over a 5-6 hour period (not a heavy drinker maybe once every other month). Didn't intend to drink, never take my car with me when I know I will have a few. I felt as though I was okay to drive, evidently I was not. Had a friend who lives by me so was dropping him home when my clutch went (nothing to do with the driving) ,we were stuck just before a round about, no danger to anyone, no reckless driving reported. Couldn't get the car to move and by chance a patrol car came and pulled along side us to see if everything was okay. They could tell I had a drink as they noted my speech was slurred and I was slightly swaying. I was not breathalysed roadside (maybe because it was so apparent I had drank?) I was taken to the station, my lowest reading was 122 , yes far to high to be driving regardless of how I thought I felt.
I was kept over night, co-operated from the minute the police pulled alongside my car. I was released the next day after an interview. The officers did not see me driving myself but I had an interview without a solicitor and I was asked about the events that lead up to me being arrested and I was just truthful and explained what had happened so they have the evidence of me admitting I was driving. Stupid to do so or not, i'm the type who wouldn't be able to sit there and lie, as naive as it may be.
I have been charged with section 4.1 driving whilst unfit through drink and my solicitor is a bit confused saying that it should be section 5 excess alcohol but they have just started opening the case. My charge sheet does not have the reading that I blew, I just remember being told in the interview in the morning.
30 years old . No previous convictions (never even been sent out of a classroom before), full time field job that I will lose as I drive for a living as a lengthy ban is inevitably, so I will hand my notice in after court hich on march 18th (the wait is going to kill me, full of anxiety to the point where I feel as though I cannot take another breath sometimes). Getting married in July. Fiance's mother just recently passed away suddenly so I am helping to support her as she is not working right now also paying for her counselling sessions which are a must for her. Honeymoon, engagement ring, wedding band,photographers, videographers, wedding venue, DJ, the deposits all paid and installments are being made regularly by myself and fiance towards them. Since she isn't working its mainly myself at the moment. I have let her down big time and her family. They are grieving for their wife/mother and I have added to that and the repercussions I face will increase the pain. Not to add the worry and stress I have caused my own parents.
Just posting to see the likely hood of me going to jail. I am petrified, I cannot leave my fiance alone. She has just returned from India having taken her mother ashes and she is struggling so badly right now. My mother herself is in India for a month doing wedding shopping so I am helping my dad with the day to day running of the house and helping at his shop and he is getting on a bit and it's too much for him to do 7 days a week.