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Biker banned for drinking
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:16 am
by Feckdeamon
A BIKER has been put off the road for a year after he was caught drink driving.
Kevin Freeborn, 51, was caught by police after he came off his motorcycle and injured his shoulder and head.
The self-employed consultant, appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, where he admitted driving a motorcycle with 112 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood – the limit is 80 milligrammes.
Freeborn, whose address was given in court papers as , Cults, Aberdeen, was handed a fine of £750 as well as being disqualified from driving for one year.
When a fellow biker gets banned for 18 months with a comparable fine, for doing 106mph on a clear road, you have to wonder if there's something wrong with our justice system.
Re: Biker banned for drinking
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:35 pm
by Ricki_Thundercat
I thought the legal limit was 35millgrammes?
Re: Biker banned for drinking
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:58 pm
by pharis
Ricki_Thundercat wrote:I thought the legal limit was 35millgrammes?
35mg in breath, 80mg in blood.
Re: Biker banned for drinking
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 2:38 pm
by Ricki_Thundercat
That explains it! Really it should be 0...I cannot comprehend why anyone, car or bike rider, would drink and drive.
Re: Biker banned for drinking
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:26 pm
by al
Ricki_Thundercat wrote:That explains it! Really it should be 0...I cannot comprehend why anyone, car or bike rider, would drink and drive.
I'm guessing it was a morning after job. I can't imagine anyone having a drink then going out on their bike afterwards.
Re: Biker banned for drinking
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:06 pm
by Hitman
Ricki_Thundercat wrote:That explains it! Really it should be 0...I cannot comprehend why anyone, car or bike rider, would drink and drive.
Never understood that myself why there's a limit . Should be 0 . Makes more sense