Drink-drive suspects will lose automatic right to demand blood test

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Drink-drive suspects will lose automatic right to demand blood test
Drink-drive suspects will lose automatic right to demand blood test

Motorists narrowly failing a drink-drive breathalyser test will no longer have an automatic right to demand a further blood or urine test.

Currently, drivers who record less than 50 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath have the right to demand a blood or urine test - despite being over the legal limit of 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres.

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