Drink-driving during the festive season could lead to higher car insurance premiums, car insurance firm Heritage has said.
Issuing a warning in the run-up to Christmas, Heritage said that a minimum 12-month car ban and a hefty fine automatically follows from a drink-driving conviction.
However, extra car insurance costs and a criminal record are also part of the long-term fallout from drink-driving cases, the car insurance firm pointed out.
"Alcohol consumption throughout the festive season is common place in many people’s schedules and drink driving is well publicised as being something that doesn’t mix," the car insurance provider said in a statement.
"However, some people still choose to ignore these repeated annual warnings and subsequently risk lives as well as the other consequences, including grossly inflated insurance premiums."
Heritage, which specialises in classic and sports vehicles, employed the illustrative example of the drink-driving car insurance costs of a 1974 Triumph Stag.
It found that annual car insurance premiums rose from £178 to £274 if a drink-driving conviction was taken into account by the provider.
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