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A POSTAL worker has been banned from the roads for a year after wrongly believing he had sobered up enough to drive.
Darlington Magistrates’ Court heard today (Thursday, October 25) that Philip Joy, 25, had been drinking in Darlington on October 13 and planned to stay over at a friend’s house on Duke Street.
He stayed there for several hours and did not drink anymore before decided to drive home to Hurworth Road in Hurworth Place in the early hours.
Police stopped him on Uplands Road and a roadside breath test revealed Joy was more than twice over the legal drink drive limit with 73mg of alcohol in his breath. The legal limit is 35mg.
Joy, who works part time at the Royal Mail depot in Darlington, pleaded guilty to drink driving and was disqualified from driving for 12-months and ordered to pay £40 towards court costs.
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I hope he kept his job.
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Most of them do but I hope so as well. The story is posted as a reminder as to what can happen its a warning some keep ignoring.eric the viking wrote:I hope he kept his job.
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Especially coming up to ChristmasTrueBlueTerrier wrote:Most of them do but I hope so as well. The story is posted as a reminder as to what can happen its a warning some keep ignoring.eric the viking wrote:I hope he kept his job.
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You have to be Pissed just to work at Royal Mail.
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Re: Postal worker banned for drink driving
A guy at an office I've worked at was done for drink driving on his way to work in the morning... Think he had a bit of a "problem" though
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Re: Postal worker banned for drink driving
We had a few cases like that, most kept their jobs, one was was went off by his boss to a drying out clinic to tackle his alcoholic problems, we are talking before 1994 when there was a more considerate employment climate then compared to now.
Nowadays anyone who is an alcoholic might not be able keep their jobs in the long term.
Nowadays anyone who is an alcoholic might not be able keep their jobs in the long term.
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Re: Postal worker banned for drink driving
What about to kill somebody on the road!!...He is 25 years old, no excuses to put lives in danger.
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Indeed, an the same goes for anyone convicted of speeding or other such motoring offences.Marmotte wrote:What about to kill somebody on the road!!...He is 25 years old, no excuses to put lives in danger.
