text: drink driving charge? a freind of mine was caught drink driving on sunday night. he was over the limit and took to the station, he was not charged until the following day at 2.30pm. some of our other friends are saying he should have been charged whilst drunk and read his rights etc. i think they must have let him sober up before charging him etc. does anyone know what the procedure is?  please note that i totally disagree with what he has done. the police will make sure that he is sober before they charge him.  he will learn his lesson though because he will know lose his licence.  it will have to be returned to the dvla.  he will have to take it to court with him when he attends.  if it is a new plastic licence he will have to take the counterpart paper bit with him.  the magistartes have guidelines to follow depending on the level of intoxication.  when he goes tell him to say that he could lose his job without his licence and this could seriously affect his livelihood.  tell him to be really remorseful about the situation.  this may lean the magistrates slightly!  if he goes on the drink drive rehabilitation course he will get a third of the time taken off his ban.  may i say that many people will knock him but it takes your body 1 hour to disperse 1 unit of alcohol and you start counting 1 houtr from when you last drank.  many people don't realise that they are still over the limit the next day when they drive their cars.  it is my view that more education is needed to teach people the facts.  many people who have been caught drink driving are victims due to this fact.  i am sure your boyfriend is not a bad person, just a little foolish.  thank god he wasn't involved in an accident, maiming himself or others, because that would be hard to live with!