Saturday, March 03, 2007

Drink-drive biker banned day after passing test

A teenage motorcyclist has been banned from the road after he was caught over the drink-drive limit just one day after he passed his test.

Jason Richards, 18, of Beccles, Suffolk, passed his motorbike test last Friday, but the next day he was pulled over by police and found to have 44 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Police today said they believed the driving ban to be the quickest ever recorded in Suffolk.

After the hearing Richards said he was a 'bit gutted' and felt stupid for not realising he was over the limit, three hours after having three pints at lunchtime.

"If I had known I was over the limit I would never have done it. I am a bit gutted really. I had only had my licence 28 hours".

Which is ten hours less than Allan Graham, who I posted about earlier this week.

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