Meaning of drink-driving | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable
2. A criminal offence committed by a person who operates a vehicle when the measured amount of alcohol in his or her blood exceeds the legal limit.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable

Examples

“A man has been arrested in Huoshan county near Luan for drink-driving after he rang up the police by mistake and then challenged an officer to a fight,[…]”

“Another outcome of rising motor car use was the increased danger around Christmas through drink-driving, which became a matter of particular concern among policy makers.”

“A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink-driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday.”

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