Driving ban?

I have no idea how that smiley got on here, and i have no idea how to get it off. Sorry

Each case is judged individually in court so (although lenient) 2 months is perfectly possible.

Why would she lie?

Edited as I sounded too harsh.

This https://www.araglaw.co.uk/blog/ says that the minimum ban would be 12 months for a first offence.

I'm not a lawyer, and have no first hand experience though - I'm sure others would be able to confirm this or put me right.

It is perfectly possible, getting less usual, but a good case and you can get it - however her fine maybe huge. I don't know how/if you can find out though

Generally all the drink drivers that I have brought to court have had min 12 month ban, but I suppose it could be possible if she had a reeaallly good reason (can't think of one, mind, that would get you such a low disqualication for DD)

I have some legal knowledge and it is my belief that there is an automatic 12 month driving ban for drink driving. I've certainly never seen anything less and I've sat through hundreds of drink driving cases. It can be reduced by a quarter if the accused undertakes a drink driving awareness course.

You may well be able to find out by calling the listings office at the court she was at, tell them her full name and address and ask for the outcome of the case. Some courts have differing policies but most should tell you.

If it's a 1st DD conviction it's usually a 12 month ban, that can be reduced to 9 months if you take a driver awareness course. Never heard of a 2 month ban for DD.

Can you check with the court if the records of convictions are published? I've done this before for an employee we thought had lied to us about a conviction and the court's clerk told me what his conviction was when I called them.

Thank you all, as far as im aware there wasn't any reaaaallly good reasons for her to get a shorter ban, she was pulled for being on her phone and then failed a breath test.

I just wondered if there was any way of checking what ban she got as she hasn't told anyone directly. No of my business of course but if she's still under a ban then thats breaking the law.

Actually, just got my highway code out (yes I have one on my desk) and "in the case of serious offences such as dangerous driving and drink driving, the court MUST order disqualification. The minimum period is 12 months, but for repeat offenders or where the alcohol level is high, it may be longer. For example a 2nd drink-drive offence in the space of 10 years will result in a minimum of three years disqualification" (Law RTOA sect 34).

Did she actually get convicted?

Thanks NumbNuts - See there was a reason you had that highway code on your desk!

Yes she did get convicted, she had to go to court and the ban was given at court i just dont know for how long.

Thank you all anyway.

My OH used to work in a pub and a man drank there that had a driving ban. They found out he was driving to the pub, drinking then driving while banned.

They just contacted the local police and they took it from there - they were very helpful though and said if there were ever any queries realting to drunk drivers they wanted to know.

You can report things anon. so it might be worth giving them a call?

As others have said I believe the min is 12 months.

I would call the police, driving while disqualified is viewed very seriously by the courts if that is indeed what she is doing. Presumably she's not insured if she's disqualified, what if she's involved in an accident?

Our local paper used to list the outcome of some court-cases - perhaps check her local paper to see if it was listed? Otherwise, if I suspected she was driving while banned, I would tell the police and let them follow it up - they would easily be able to check if she was still banned or not and then take it from there.

I'd tell the police what I suspected and let them follow it up. I'm sure they'd be able to keep you anonymous.