The officer who arrested him testified that he smelt alcohol which prompted the police to carry out the alcoblow test. If the alcohol level ranges between zero and 0.29 on the calibrator that means that one can safely drive. Neither was any evidence produced to show that the appellant was incapable of controlling the said vehicle,” ruled the judge. Merely having alcohol in your system is not an offence,” she ruled while quashing the sentence. “The offence crystallizes when you cannot control the vehicle you are driving”

Source: Standard Digital March 13, 2019 21:06 UTC