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Because (at that time) there was/is a need to prove a level of impairment under S4 of the Road Traffic Act (driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs). If I was to go to court and say "Yeah, it was obvious to me that he was off his tits, your worships", that's not nearly as convincing...

Are you taking the piss?

How can I put this...your perception of your own driving isn't always the same as other people's. Besides. You say you were driving slowly. Somebody driving noticeably slowly could easily be a pissed driver trying a little too hard not to be noticed.

Like I said. They can stop you simply because you're driving. They have to have a reason to require a breath test. People report other drivers quite regularly. If it was late at night, it's entirely plausible that somebody might have called police about your driving. On the basis that you saw...

Notters That text number is 65999 :thumbsup:

We get calls all the time about that sort of thing. It's no problem. A lot of the time it's just tired drivers, but we'd always prefer to stop them and check. Plus if somebody is having psychotic episodes which impact on their driving, the DVLA need to know anyway, so we'd want to have a chat.

Think it's 65999 for Sussex. I will check & find out. Realistically, if you saw someone absolutely battered about to get into their car & drive, you'd be perfectly justified in calling 999.

Well perhaps if you see one of these people swerving all over the road, you could let the police know, then they could have the chance to deal with them, y'know?

Doing it every day at the moment. Summer is a bigger problem for drink driving than Christmas, believe it or not.

That makes sense :thumbsup: But it's bloody annoying when it does that so at least it makes you want to do something about it.

They'd have no legal standing whatsoever and wouldn't provide any sort of defence if you got caught drink-driving. But I guess if somebody was minded to test themself one morning after a heavy night maybe, and then the result made them think twice about driving, it might not be a bad thing...

Some cars have that function (BMWs for example). And I think most cars will do that thing where the indicators flash really rapidly if one of them has blown. Not on BMWs, obviously, as they don't require them. Just kidding, BMW drivers of the board :wave:

There'll be plenty of roadside drug tests this summer, given the new legislation which came into force in March :thumbsup:

Nope. No random tests. Random stops, but no random tests. Equally, you could go through a red light, or have a brake light out, or fail to wear your seatbelt, all of which would provide a police officer with grounds to require a breath specimen, which, if you refused to provide, you could be...

Well. I'd ask if she'd had a drink. If she said yes, I'd test her. If she said no, but I could smell alcohol in the car, or she displayed other evidence of having had something to drink, (or taken drugs) I'd test her anyway.

They can stop you at any moment they want to if you're driving a motor vehicle on a road, in order to establish who is driving and their qualifications to do so. They can require a breath test from you for one of three reasons: (1) they suspect you've consumed alcohol (2) you've committed a...