Drink Driving...........
Discussion
xuy said:
nyxster said:
This is pure speculation.
Blokes wife tells him she wants a divorce.
Gets into car, takes child. Drinks.
If he is any kind of parent he will look back and be thankful the police stopped him before it was too late.
That was my final thought before I called. I suspect that if there had been no child I would have looked the other way. Blokes wife tells him she wants a divorce.
Gets into car, takes child. Drinks.
If he is any kind of parent he will look back and be thankful the police stopped him before it was too late.
Thanks for the comments, the post was not for praise. My decision has been playing on my mind for some hours. I know I made the right decision but........
However I can sleep knowing that tomorrows news will not include a suicide with child, or a terrible accident.
And as i said, he clearly needs help so hopefully he will now get it
You did the best thing you could of done. You would feel much more terrible if something serious happened and the child sustained serious injuries, if not worse?
I phoned the police after following, who i thought, was completely drunk. Swerving in and out of 1,2 and 3 lane on a motorway, travelling 65/70 MPH. Nothing happened. :/
I phoned the police after following, who i thought, was completely drunk. Swerving in and out of 1,2 and 3 lane on a motorway, travelling 65/70 MPH. Nothing happened. :/
nyxster said:
This is pure speculation.
Blokes wife tells him she wants a divorce.
Gets into car, takes child. Drinks.
If he is any kind of parent he will look back and be thankful the police stopped him before it was too late.
He'd probably just been told that he needs an engine rebuild and was on the way home, preparing himself to tell the wife.Blokes wife tells him she wants a divorce.
Gets into car, takes child. Drinks.
If he is any kind of parent he will look back and be thankful the police stopped him before it was too late.
Top work. Driving whilst smashed is bad, doings so whilst swigging on more spirits with a kid in the car in traffic is about as bad as I can imagine. You absolutely did the right thing: he posed a massive risk to the lives of himself, his kid and those around him so calling the police could well have saved a number of lives.
skelters said:
Anyone drink driving deserve to have their licence taken off them for life and heavily fined and jailed.
Not even one glass of wine or a pint or even low alcohol beer.
It should be a limit of ZERO alcohol.
Don't be silly. No one, even a lifelong teetotaller has zero alcohol in their bloodstream. Target the problem drink drivers, rather than every sober driver.Not even one glass of wine or a pint or even low alcohol beer.
It should be a limit of ZERO alcohol.
Well done OPskelters said:
Anyone drink driving deserve to have their licence taken off them for life and heavily fined and jailed.
Not even one glass of wine or a pint or even low alcohol beer.
It should be a limit of ZERO alcohol.
Unenforceable. You do know that the body naturally produces alcohol? Or a tiramisu with a few dops of booze in a restaurant? Not even one glass of wine or a pint or even low alcohol beer.
It should be a limit of ZERO alcohol.
A lower limit maybe, but 0 would cause more issues for the judiciary than it solves.
Good job OP, you definitely did the right thing.
It does make me wonder though, is it actually illegal to drink alcohol when behind the wheel of a car? Assume for a moment that even with the alcohol you're drinking, you'd still be under the drink-drive limit, does that mean it would be legal to do so?
I know a few states in the US have laws against having open containers of alcohol in a moving vehicle (as seen in Dumb And Dumber :P) but what's the story here?
Haven't people been fined/given points for DWDCA because a policeman spotted them drinking or eating while driving?
It does make me wonder though, is it actually illegal to drink alcohol when behind the wheel of a car? Assume for a moment that even with the alcohol you're drinking, you'd still be under the drink-drive limit, does that mean it would be legal to do so?
I know a few states in the US have laws against having open containers of alcohol in a moving vehicle (as seen in Dumb And Dumber :P) but what's the story here?
Haven't people been fined/given points for DWDCA because a policeman spotted them drinking or eating while driving?
d. OP, your a useless git, why did you not get my fooking laptop first 
Most definitely did the right thing.
I wish I could say the same about the pub that continued to serve the guy that plowed through the front of me! Bah, too many people take a blind eye to drink driving. I live in the countryside, a pub is driving distance for most and it's common to see people knock the drinks back, and drive home. Their father's did it, their friends Dad did it. So that makes everything fine.
Thankfully the police are currently cracking down on it. But of course they are not going to catch everyone. People need to take more responsibility, I wouldn't let a friend drive drunk, so why do others?
I wish I could say the same about the pub that continued to serve the guy that plowed through the front of me! Bah, too many people take a blind eye to drink driving. I live in the countryside, a pub is driving distance for most and it's common to see people knock the drinks back, and drive home. Their father's did it, their friends Dad did it. So that makes everything fine.
Thankfully the police are currently cracking down on it. But of course they are not going to catch everyone. People need to take more responsibility, I wouldn't let a friend drive drunk, so why do others?
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