Both Adrian and Jeremy are right. Different Police forces have different rules. Jeremy's force (which is also mine) routinely breathalyses
everyone involved in an RTC they attend, whether or not the driver is injured. If they get brought to hospital and have blown positive
they then go into the well-practised confirmatory blood test. This has to be taken separately as it has to be done in the prescribed
manner by a person with the evidential training - the Police surgeon. The lawyers will get any sample taken by anyone else ruled as
inadmissible as it could have been tampered with. I don't believe the Met are so strict.
Best wishes,
Rowley Cottingham
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