Two young women have been banned from driving after crashing into a parked car and travelling with no headlights on while drunk in two separate incidents in Manchester.
Receptionist Olivia Stuart-Cole, 25, and council assistant Chloe Horsfall, 23, were arrested on the same day last month after each of them were found to have consumed almost twice the legal alcohol limit.
They had both attended parties and misjudged their wine or alcohol intake, Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
Ms Stuart-Cole crashed her Mini Cooper while on her way to the shops ahead of returning to her family's home in Sale, near Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
She told police she was not sure how much alcohol she had consumed.
Meanwhile, after drinking two to three glasses of wine, Ms Horsfall was stopped near her family's home in the rural village of Newhey, near Rochdale after a police patrol spotted her driving her VW Polo at 2.30am with no headlights on.
Receptionist Olivia Stuart-Cole, 25, and council assistant Chloe Horsfall (pictured), 23, were arrested on the same day last month after each of them were found to have consumed almost twice the legal alcohol limit.
Tests showed Ms Stuart-Cole had 66 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath while Ms Horsfall had 61mg. The legal limit is 35mg.
The women appeared for sentencing at separate hearings today at Manchester Magistrates Court.
Ms Stuart-Cole was banned from driving for 18 months while Ms Horsfall was disqualified for 17 months.
Ms Stuart-Cole, who was also fined £346 plus £119 in costs, told the court: 'I sometimes drink one glass of wine per night. I don't go out very often, I only drink alcohol with my tea.'
Ms Horsfall, who was also fined £290, with £119 costs said: 'I go out most weekends with my friends but I just go out social drinking. I do not drink throughout the week at all.'
The cases comes just days after a study by researchers at Cambridge University revealed 50 per cent of drivers cannot tell when they have reached the drink-drive limit.
The court heard the arrests occurred within 18 hours of each other on November 6.
Prosecutor Miss Eileen Rogers said: 'At
