Driving with excess alcohol

s.5(1)(a)Road Traffic Act 1988

Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle on a road or other public place with alcohol above the prescribed limit.

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Driving with excess alcohol · Road Traffic Act 1988, s.5(1)(a)Card 09 / 09

Points to prove

Drove or attempted to drive
A motor vehicle
On a road or other public place
After consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in their breath, blood or urine exceeded the prescribed limit