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A couple of drinks, and barely over the limit. And his day just got worse and worse...


Taxi cab driver caught drink driving after A420 crash

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19912 ... 420-crash/


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An out-of-work cabbie was caught over the drink-drive limit after crashing his Audi, a court heard.

Amir Jasimi, 45, called recovery mechanics when he crashed the silver A6 on the A420 on January 20, damaging the vehicle’s undercarriage.

Concerned about the position of the stricken car in a layby near the Botley interchange, the recovery mechanic asked police for their help.

When officers arrived they could smell alcohol on Jasimi’s breath, breathalysed him and found he was over the limit.

Prosecutor Scott Forman told Oxford Magistrates’ Court that a sample taken at the police station showed he had 42mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath, slightly above the legal limit of 35mcgs.

Appearing before the justices, Jasimi, of Barns Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to drink driving. He had no previous convictions.

Phil Kouvaritakis, mitigating, said his client had held down a taxi licence for nine years but was not working when he crashed. He had been on his way to Aldi and, after two drinks, did not believe he was over the limit.

His life had spiralled downwards in the months leading up to the incident. His relationship broke down and he had clocked up £10,000-worth of debt.

He was no longer working as a taxi driver and was claiming universal credit. “Having been a taxi driver for such a long time that’s where he feels his skill is,” his solicitor said.

Jasimi was fined £80, ordered to pay £79 in costs and surcharge and banned from the roads for a year.

One year ban for that?

but it was OVER the limit so there is a minimum punishment

anyway in Scotlandshire the limit is even lower or so I'm told

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YES zero

Not too sure many of us in the trade would welcome such a numpty back into the trade.

Best the fella stays away for good.

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IDFIMH

One year is the minimum.

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IDFIMH

Indeed, but it's all so mechanistic, just like speed cameras. I mean, if the test had been performed maybe just twenty minutes later he could have been entirely innocent and still on the road. Or if he'd taken a few less sips of booze, he might have blown negative.

And no real evidence that being over the limit made him self-evidently dangerous to other road users.

And, more to the point, the worst of the headbangers that I see night in and night out are just left to get on with it because they've not been drinking, and they slow down for the speed cameras

Anyway, interesting one from Dundee recently, where a female has apparently broken the UK record for a woman

And the limit in Scotland isn't zero, but it's a bit lower than south of the border. 22mgs as compared to 35 mgs, I think. This woman tested at 188 mgs

So although she's nearly nine times the Scottish limit, she was 5.3 times the English limit


Record-breaking drink driver's reading dubbed 'off the Richter scale' by Scots sheriff

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scot ... g-26192334

Kerry Duncan broke the record for the highest reading ever registered by a woman in the United Kingdom when she was nearly nine times over the limit.

A record-breaking drink driver returned a reading which has been described as "off the Richter scale" by a sheriff.

Kerry Duncan broke the record for the highest reading ever registered by a woman in the United Kingdom when she was nearly nine times over the limit.

Duncan was due appear for sentence at Dundee Sheriff Court today but initially failed to turn up and Sheriff George Way issued a warrant for her arrest.

He said: "It is very concerning as I remember her appearing and the reading is off the Richter scale and her presentation at that time was pretty poor.

"There is nothing else I can do. I will issue a non-appearance warrant to try and get some kind of control of the situation."

However, Duncan turned up later and the warrant was recalled and she was given further time to have background reports prepared. Sentence was deferred.

Duncan blew the astonishing reading as she drove past shops and while she had a passenger in the Ford Fiesta with her at around 4 pm.

When police officers breath tested Duncan, they were astonished when she gave a reading of 188 mics. The legal limit is 22 mics.

Duncan, 42, represented herself during a previous hearing and admitted driving with the incredible alcohol reading and setting an unwanted UK record.

In a previous case, an English court was told that a man who gave the same reading as Duncan must have downed the equivalent of at least 15 pints of beer.

The court was told that Duncan's car was seen driving erratically on King's Cross Road in the city by a number of other motorists.

One driver contacted police because they were concerned about the nature of the driving as Duncan weaved past several car dealerships and a DIY store.

The concerned motorist initially thought Duncan was lost and was slowing down and speeding up because she was looking for a particular junction.

However, the motorist then watched as Duncan mounted the kerb and came to a halt. They were so concerned that they pulled in front of her and blocked her vehicle to prevent her driving off again.

As they passed her vehicle they noticed she had two flat tyres and tried to alert her to the problem, but it was immediately apparent she was heavily intoxicated. There was a male passenger in the car.

The court was told that when police arrived, Duncan got out of the vehicle and was extremely unsteady on her feet and smelling strongly of alcohol.

Her eyes were bloodshot and her speech was slurred and she failed a roadside breath test which led to her being arrested and taken to Dundee police HQ.

Duncan, Hindmarsh Avenue, Dundee, admitted that on 15 October she drove while she was more than eight times over the alcohol limit.

At court, Duncan said: "I have nothing to hide. Everything about me in black and white is true."

In 2010, a man admitted drink driving in Coventry after blowing a reading of 191 mics in what was believed to have been among the highest ever recorded in the UK.

And in 2008, a driver in Chorlton returned a reading of 188 mics. Manchester Magistrates court heard an average person would need to consume around 15 pints of beer to be so intoxicated.

immaterial how much over really she should be punished and taken off the road

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There is a mass of scientific data pointing out the effects on people who drive whilst over the limit.

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IDFIMH

Well you illustrate precisely the slightly silly nature of the whole thing. I mean, if the limit in England is 35 mgs, you're not really saying it's immaterial if the driver blew 40 or 180?

Not even the legal system is that crude. But, for example, if the Oxford chap had blown 34, he'd be wholly innocent in the eyes of the law. If he'd blown 36, it's an automatic ban, with all the repercussions thereto, for example maybe a career lost and life ruined.

But I'd like to see the scientific data demonstrating the increased danger attaching to a 2mgs higher reading which justifies the all or nothing nature of the punishment

you have to set the line somewhere

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