Is failing to provide a specimen more serious than drink driving?

Is failing to provide a specimen more serious than drink driving?

Is failing to provide a breath sample more serious than drink driving?

🚧 Failing to provide at the roadside is less serious - it will just get you arrested
👮‍♂️ Failing to provide a breath sample at the police station has the same maximum penalty as drink driving
😥 The maximum is six months in prison or an unlimited fine for both
🚫 There is a minimum driving disqualification 12 months for both
🤷 The difference is the sentencing guidelines that magistrates' courts use
Courts have to decide whether you get a fine a community order or a prison sentence
🧮 Courts also work the length of disqualification
⚙️ In drink driving cases the main factor is the breathalyser reading
For failing to provide they look at:
🫸 Was it a deliberate refusal/failure
🍻 Was there a high degree of intoxication

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