Police tests on the learner and driver of the Mini came back negative
but Philip Devereux was found to be nearly twice the legal limit.
A driving instructor has been banned from the roads
after he was breathalysed when one of his pupils collided
with another vehicle.
Philip Devereux, 64, was supervising a young woman when she crashed his Mini Cooper into a VW Beetle.
Police tests on the learner and driver of the Mini came back negative but Devereux was found to be nearly twice the legal limit.
He admitted drink-driving and has now been banned from the roads for 12 months.
After the case the AA warned that many adults do not realise they can be liable for drink-driving if they are supervising a leaner.
The law says they are deemed to be “in control of the car” and must adhere to the same restrictions as the driver.
The AA said: “Anyone who is supervising a learner driver is legally deemed to be in control of the vehicle.
“They must abide by our driving laws, such as mobile phone use and drink driving.”
Devereux, who worked for the Great Waldingfield School of Motoring in Suffolk, gave a reading of 67mgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
The legal limit is 35mgs.
He was banned by magistrates in his hometown of Bury St Edmunds. Devereux was also fined £200, ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £20.
Philip Devereux, 64, was supervising a young woman when she crashed his Mini Cooper into a VW Beetle.
Police tests on the learner and driver of the Mini came back negative but Devereux was found to be nearly twice the legal limit.
He admitted drink-driving and has now been banned from the roads for 12 months.
After the case the AA warned that many adults do not realise they can be liable for drink-driving if they are supervising a leaner.
The law says they are deemed to be “in control of the car” and must adhere to the same restrictions as the driver.
The AA said: “Anyone who is supervising a learner driver is legally deemed to be in control of the vehicle.
“They must abide by our driving laws, such as mobile phone use and drink driving.”
Devereux, who worked for the Great Waldingfield School of Motoring in Suffolk, gave a reading of 67mgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
The legal limit is 35mgs.
He was banned by magistrates in his hometown of Bury St Edmunds. Devereux was also fined £200, ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £20.
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