Help!! Unfortunate Drink Driving Conviction!!

Keith

dunstonh wrote:

(although how did you get in the car in the first place).

He said the keys to his house were in the car.

Theres a number of specialist insurers out there, try the back of Autotrader.

By the way, never :beer: and drive.

Wyndham

I do rather get the impression that either the original story is highly embroidered, or that we are not being told all of it.

I'm going for that as he reached over to the glove compartment, he accidently released the hand brake and the car started rolling down the hill...?!?! Any other takers?

However, you can be in a car as a passenger when you are drunk, so if it did happen as stated, then how did the police know he wasn't the passenger and the sober driver was still in the house?

And, to be pedantic - you are covered for insurance if you are drunk in certain circumstances - take the case of sitting in your house sipping a glass of wine while someone else rams your car. You would claim under your policy despite your less than sober state. Yes, I know it isn't what is being discussed here!

I'm very confused though - this doesn't add up!

SkippyB

If the car was "off street" why was the arrest made? you can DRIVE your car on private property drunk or not

I am afraid that this is not true....it used to be but changes in the law negate this......

Imagine you are in a private car park late at night and drunk...you get in your car..drive off...smashing up 2 cars and hitting a pedestrian...you never leave the private car park....Do you think for one minute that the Police would not arrest you for drink driving!!

There is absolutely no excuse for drink driving...Whatsoever.....

mrbadexample

SkippyB wrote:

There is absolutely no excuse for drink driving...Whatsoever.....

How about "I was too !!!!!! to walk home"? :beer:














N.B. This is a joke. mrbadexample does not condone drink driving. Please don't do it as it's very naughty.

SkippyB

I never thought of that one......

:rotfl:

lenny007

From what i understand, the car keys and house keys were separate. Hence being able to get in the car to get them.

Seems a bit unreasonable to be prosecuted by the BIB for that but then again, i suppose they have heard every story and excuse under the sun.

WRT the insurance, if you aren't physically capable of driving i.e. under the influence then the insurance is null and voided as soon as you pull away under your own steam. Your other option is basically bite the bullet, pay the insurance and take it as a harsh lesson learnt.

Mr_Frugal

As I understand it the law states that you can be 'nicked' for being drunk in charge of a vehicle even if the keys are not in the car.
There used to be a myth that HGV drivers on over nighters could go back to their cabs to sleep off a drinking session if they left the keys to the unit under the cab.
However (as I understand it) the old bill deem you to be in charge of the vehicle as soon as you are in it (keys or not) as you could release the handbrake !!

Wyndham

Mr_Frugal wrote:

As I understand it the law states that you can be 'nicked' for being drunk in charge of a vehicle even if the keys are not in the car.
There used to be a myth that HGV drivers on over nighters could go back to their cabs to sleep off a drinking session if they left the keys to the unit under the cab.
However (as I understand it) the old bill deem you to be in charge of the vehicle as soon as you are in it (keys or not) as you could release the handbrake !!

If that were true you couldn't be a passenger in a car and drunk, whether the driver were there or not!

suffolkb

The OP could be right.Many years ago,I popped into the pub for one pint on the way home.Met a friend whose mum had just died and wound up legless.
We pushed my motorbike off the road and locked it to some park railings.Although the keys were not in the ignition,I later found out that I could have been nicked for drunk in charge.

taxi97w

I got busted for sitting in the drivers seat with the keys in. I didn't know it was against the law at the time. The police said that if it's your car and your in it drunk, you will be arrested. I said what about this for example, what would happen here:- I drunk girl comes home in a taxi from the night out. Gets out of the taxi, taxi drives away. Someone jumps out of the bushes and attempts to rape her. She runs to her car in the driveway of her house that has a door unlocked. She gets in and locks the door. Attacker runs away. Police turn up. What happens. The police said she will be arrested. Like another poster said, there is no excuse! Unbelieveable.