Haighy
New Member
On the 13/4/21 I was stopped and ended up having to do a roadside swab test for drug driving which came back showing a positive for cannabis and cocaine which I was surprised about. I'm 50 years old with a totally clean full driving licence and bike licence, never been banned and consider myself to be a competent and aware driver and I haven't had any dealings with the police for about 15 years or so. I drive a mobility car through my pip benefit and I'm prescribed alot of different medications for various physical and mental health issues and I've found that some of them could be responsible for something called a false positive result. I wasn't impaired in any way and even the duty sergeant said he could see that I wasn't impaired and he even released me earlier than the 4 hours minimum from time of arrest and arranged for a lift back to my car where this happened. I've since found out that there's a marker on my car because I got stopped again yesterday and had to go through the whole process again but this time I tested negative for anything. This must show a level of inconsistency with these preliminary tests which gives me grounds for concern about how the blood tests will come back. Anyone have any advice for me please coz I'm on benefits and I don't know how I'm going to be able to afford a solicitor