Wall smash driver twice drink limit
Andrew Sweeney failed a roadside breath test, but policehad to take him to hospital for a check-up before he was fit to give a breath sample at the police station.
Sweeney, 22, of Grangemouth, pleaded guilty to drink driving on the B8046 at Ecclesmachan, West Lothian, on January 30.
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Hide AdPaul Beaton, prosecuting, said Sweeney failed to negotiate a corner and smashed his Vauxhall Corsa into a wall at 6.20am.
He told the court: “A member of the public stopped and offered the accused assistance. He was taken to hospital for medical examination and then to the police station.
“At a quarter to nine the statutory procedures resulted in a reading of 77 microgrammes.”
The legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
Sweeney was fined £535 and disqualified from driving for a year. He was granted permission to take a drink-drive rehabilitation course which could cut his driving ban by a quarter.