Overview

• Drivers in Worcester, Oxford and Watford have received driving disqualifications ranging from 12 to 48 months, with fines of up to £1,061 for exceeding legal alcohol limits.
• Drug-driving convictions led to bans of up to four years, fines up to £500 and, in one case, an 18-week suspended prison sentence alongside a 12-month drug rehabilitation order.
• Failing to provide breath or drug specimens triggered 48-month disqualifications, 100 hours of unpaid work and 12-month community orders for suspected offenders.
• Courts routinely offered one-twelfth reductions of driving bans to those completing approved alcohol or mental health rehabilitation courses.
• Magistrates emphasised offender reform by mandating unpaid work and rehabilitation orders alongside financial penalties and disqualifications.