News - Drug Driving

Plymouth man Paul Kingscombe, 51, was jailed for 12 years at a hearing in Truro Crown Court on July 25. He was also disqualified from driving for a period of 13 years. Kingscombe had earlier pleaded guilty to one count Read more...

A man from Dorking, Surrey has been jailed after pleading guilty to a number of charges, including drug driving. On December 15, 2024, Sussex Police stopped a Ford Transit van in Crawley, suspecting it was displaying cloned number plates. The Read more...

On March 4th 2023, Doreen Raynor was using her mobility scooter in Huntingdon Street, Nottingham city centre, when she was hit by an Audi driven by 31-year-old Rayner Middleton. Raynor, aged 89, died after being rushed into hospital following the Read more...

If you are arrested by the police on suspicion of drug driving you will be asked to provide a specimen of blood. The police will take one sample and divide that sample into two and you should be offered one Read more...

Drug use at pandemic levels and drug driving is one of the offences which is on the rise being set to overtake driving with excess alcohol. With illicit drugs eg cannabis , cocaine being set at such low level drivers Read more...

The BBC reported 1 that in Scotland nearly 400 drug driving cases were abandoned due to lab delays. Driving above the prescribed limit for drugs was introduced in March 2015. The police are able to do a roadside test for Read more...

Govt introduces life sentence for causing death by dangerous driving and death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink/drugs? Having received royal assent in May this year, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSC) from the Read more...

Many of us were glued to our TV screens for the most recent series of ‘Line of Duty’ with around 12 million viewers watching the final episode. As ever, the storyline of endemic police corruption went through the usual contorted Read more...

In my view, the law relating to drug driving is fundamentally unfair when compared with the equivalent legislation around drink driving. The legal limits permitted on the amount of drugs taken are extremely low and actually don’t bear any relation Read more...