Just One Pint Can Put Drivers Over Legal Limit, Warns Judge

A judge in Scotland has warned that just one pint can put motorists over the legal limit.

Sheriff Scott Pattison made his comments after hearing two drink driving cases in Dumfries Sheriff Court.

In each case, the driver claimed they had only consumed one pint.

However, both drivers were found to be over the legal limit and each one was fined £450 and banned from the road for a year.

“That’s the lesson in Scotland,” said Sheriff Pattison, the BBC reported.

“Just one drink can put you over, it’s as tight as that.”

One case involved Donald McCallie, 66, from Annan, who admitted driving on April 19 in Summergate Road with a reading of 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.

The legal limit is 22 micrograms.

McCallie’s solicitor said the defendant had consumed one pint of cider and would not have been committing an offence had he been driving 10 miles south in England, where the legal limit is 35 micrograms.

In the other case, Ashley Medicks, 62, from Kirkgunzeon, pleaded guilty to driving in Dalbeattie on April 21 with a reading of 32 micrograms.

He also claimed to have consumed one pint before driving.

But both men were handed down fines and banned from driving for a year.

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