Moi
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Hi, Please can I get some non judgemental advice?
Let me start by saying that I am a recovering alcoholic who unfortunately had a lapse the other day and all I can remember is leaving the house and then waking up in a cell.
I have pieced together the information I have and apparently I was parked in a pub car park, tried to reverse out of a space but must have drove forward into the pub fence. Not sure if I was knocked out or anything (air bag didn't inflate), but pub supervisor had answered a call on my phone from my partner saying something about me being unconscious (but it could also be that I was very drunk).
Ambulance came and checked me over and police breathalysed me and reading was apparently 90+. I was taken to the station and it seems I attempted the breathalyser there as I have a printout but am being charged with 'fail to provide specimen for analysis - vehicle driver', due to incomplete samples.
As I said previously, I do not remember any of this. I have no clue if I purposely didn't blow properly or if due to my state I was unable to. I have no idea if all correct police procedures were followed, no recollection of anything at all unfortunate. I have never been in trouble with the law and am unaware of the procedures etc. I am usually a calm, cooperative person however alcohol can change me so I have no clue what my behaviour was like.
The partial readings on the print out are between 113 and 138, so all are higher than the roadside breathalyser, but obviously not full samples.
Firstly, can I be done for failure to provide specimen though there is some evidence that I attempted to?
Secondly, why was the partial reading higher than roadside? Shouldn't it have been lower due to time past? When my clothes were given to me the following day there was vomit all over my jumper. I have no clue exactly when I vomited but again this should have caused there to be less alcohol in my system or did this possibly make the reading higher due to mouth alcohol?
I know I have done wrong either way and I am just glad that I did not end up hurting anybody, but what will my penalty/ban/sentence most likely be as I feel that though the roadside reading of 90+ is extremely high (138 being obviously worse) I feel that the evidential reading would have been a lot lower than 90+ because I vomited and also because I usually process alcohol very quickly.
I would appreciate any help at all. Thank you.
Let me start by saying that I am a recovering alcoholic who unfortunately had a lapse the other day and all I can remember is leaving the house and then waking up in a cell.
I have pieced together the information I have and apparently I was parked in a pub car park, tried to reverse out of a space but must have drove forward into the pub fence. Not sure if I was knocked out or anything (air bag didn't inflate), but pub supervisor had answered a call on my phone from my partner saying something about me being unconscious (but it could also be that I was very drunk).
Ambulance came and checked me over and police breathalysed me and reading was apparently 90+. I was taken to the station and it seems I attempted the breathalyser there as I have a printout but am being charged with 'fail to provide specimen for analysis - vehicle driver', due to incomplete samples.
As I said previously, I do not remember any of this. I have no clue if I purposely didn't blow properly or if due to my state I was unable to. I have no idea if all correct police procedures were followed, no recollection of anything at all unfortunate. I have never been in trouble with the law and am unaware of the procedures etc. I am usually a calm, cooperative person however alcohol can change me so I have no clue what my behaviour was like.
The partial readings on the print out are between 113 and 138, so all are higher than the roadside breathalyser, but obviously not full samples.
Firstly, can I be done for failure to provide specimen though there is some evidence that I attempted to?
Secondly, why was the partial reading higher than roadside? Shouldn't it have been lower due to time past? When my clothes were given to me the following day there was vomit all over my jumper. I have no clue exactly when I vomited but again this should have caused there to be less alcohol in my system or did this possibly make the reading higher due to mouth alcohol?
I know I have done wrong either way and I am just glad that I did not end up hurting anybody, but what will my penalty/ban/sentence most likely be as I feel that though the roadside reading of 90+ is extremely high (138 being obviously worse) I feel that the evidential reading would have been a lot lower than 90+ because I vomited and also because I usually process alcohol very quickly.
I would appreciate any help at all. Thank you.
