Drink Driving Defence Mistake 5

Not Checking The Locus in Drink Driving Defences.The lawyers call this a locus attendance. Many people don’t visit the arrest location. This can be crucial…
In drink drive defences we often go to the scene with our clients to take relevant photographs, video and draft diagrams.
And with the advent of Google Maps we [...]

Drink Drive Charge Scotland

Charged with drink driving in Scotland? What do you do now?
Well we more than anyone appreciate what you are going through. It’s not just the inconvenience… its all the hardships that come with it… leading to possible loss of job and relationship problems, etc.
But if you are here after being charged with drink driving there [...]

Why You Need a Drink Drive Solicitor

Why you need a drink drive solicitor in Scotland
Here are some interesting figues:
There were 11,782 drink-driving offences in Scotland in 2002. These included 820 drink-drive accidents, which resulted in 1,270 people being injured and 50 people being killed.
In 2002, of the 9,978 convictions for drunk driving in Scotland:

9,468 (95%) cases were disqualified from driving.
The average [...]

Drink Driving Scotland Mistake 3: The Breath Test

Drink Driving Scotland, Mistake 3 – 3 Assuming the Breat Analysis Machine is Infallible
Even the Space Shuttle wasn’t infallible. My motto tends to be “Don’t trust technology”-I can’t think of a machine that hasn’t broken down sometime! All the defence require to do is show the Sheriff that there is room for [...]

Drink Driving Scotland- Video 1 – What happens when you are stopped by the police?

This is the first in a series of videos about Drink Driving in Scotland.
This 6 video series takes you through from when you are first stopped by the police… the roadside breathalyser.. what happens at the police station… to setting up your possible defence… right through to your appearance in court.
Here is the first of [...]

Drink Driving in Scotland – First Mistake to Avoid

Here is the first in series of posts about the mistakes to avoid if charged with drink driving in Scotland.
When that intoximeter has measured the reading of more than 35ug your heart sinks as you realise the results of the result. It is at this point that some folk just accept the ‘inevitable’ charge and [...]

Drink Driving Scotland Information

Here at www.roadtrafficlaw.com we are embarking on a mission to produce the most comprehensive and educational information available online, about all aspects of drink driving in Scotland… and in particular… defending cases of drink driving in Scotland.
This information will include a series of videos, articles and blogs, to highlight all aspects of drinking and driving [...]