Yes. As alcohol is absorbed into the blood system, the reading obviously goes up. It takes between 20 to 40 minutes normally for alcohol to be fully absorbed – depending on a number of factors including whether you have eaten food, your metabolism rate, age, weight, fitness and other factors. If you were detected driving while the alcohol was still in your stomach, and not absorbed, there is the possibility that your reading might have increased by the time you did the breath analysis. We can advise you of whether or not your circumstances lend themselves to challenging the breath analysis, how much it will cost, how long it will take and exactly what needs to be proved. In some circumstances we are able to establish on the balance of probabilities that your reading was in a lower range than which you were charged – eg. Police may claim that your reading was above 0.150 when in reality it was in the mid range which carries less severe penalties.

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