Towing a drink driver

[Josho]

Forgetting the moral high ground for a second, last night my brother in law and his mate we're out driving in said mates wife's car.

They had fit brake pads to it then gone to the pub then came back and misjudged a bend in a lane and put it on it's roof.

I'm not 100% sure if he was over or not but after rushing out there, pushing it back over and giving it a jump start it started but wouldn't drive, it's busted a CV joint. How I'm not sure as it all seemed to be pretty straight bar the bodywork.

So I swiftly towed it up the road and got it to his house.

They were scared the AA would call the police and weren't sure if he was over or not.

My question is would I have got nicked for towing him should we have been pulled over?

[Josho]

Very quiet road and said driver didn't seem too bad to me, not even sure if he was over or not but just wondered on the legalities rather than the morals.

Curious that's all!

Fortunately it seems a lesson learned, can't help but think brother in law was pressuring his mate but said mate should have stuck to Coke.

You'd think people would be grown up enough by 28.

[Josho]

TooMany2cvs said:

kambites said:

As I understand the law, you would not be committing on offence; he would.

Causing or permitting him to be driving or attempting to drive while over the limit. DR14. Same penalty range as his DR10.

Ah, definitely something to consider for the future.

/curiosity

[Josho]

The Mad Monk said:

Josho said:

Forgetting the moral high ground for a second, last night my brother in law and his mate we're out driving in said mates wife's car.

They had fit brake pads to it then gone to the pub then came back and misjudged a bend in a lane and put it on it's roof.

I'm not 100% sure if he was over or not but after rushing out there, pushing it back over and giving it a jump start it started but wouldn't drive, it's busted a CV joint. How I'm not sure as it all seemed to be pretty straight bar the bodywork.

So I swiftly towed it up the road and got it to his house.

They were scared the AA would call the police and weren't sure if he was over or not.

My question is would I have got nicked for towing him should we have been pulled over?

Don't worry about it.

You would be far better off taking yourself down to the local Adult Education Centre and getting some English lessons, because you seem to be struggling at the moment.

I hope this helps.

I'll give you a lift.

Story unravels that he is only 3rd party anyway so wife very unhappy.

Edited by Josho on Monday 25th April 10:25

[Josho]

mcgandalf said:

+1

In light of all the illiterate (completely unreadable) garbage that litters the Internet, I don't think we can castigate the OP too much for a couple of misused apostrophes which you could easily attribute to dodgy iPhone autocorrect.

Is a Samsung but you are dead correct!

English was never my strong point though!