Alcohol round S. Yorks

[Tuscan Bev]

Be warned the are out in force coming up to christmas in S. Yorks.

my other half got stopped and breathalysed yesterday morning in his works van.

Then last night I got stopped in the S near meadowhall and a very nice man (well he was polite) said they were carrying out testing asked if I had been drinking to which I replied no, he asked me if I had come from the arena again replied no, presumable cause he couldnt smell any alcohol he let me on my way . They had 4 policemen stopping lots of cars etc on both lanes so there was no sneaking through.

[10 Pence Short]

They looked like they were doing the same in Rotherham (Wikersley) yesterday, too.

[dan1981]

Also in this area and heard this one radio hallam the other day that they will be out in force stopping drivers over the next few weeks.

Now for the bit i'm not sure about..... they siad they would be random stops and breathalising - but as above i didn't think they could breathalise unless they had a suspicion....

of course how much of a suspesion do they have to have?

Is "well its xmas so he / she might have been out this evening / last night so MIGHT be under the influence?" enough of a suspicion to breathalise?

[Trax]

More traffic chaos then on the way home, must remind myself to stay away from that way home, mind you its a nightmare around Meadowhall anyway.

[esselte]

FishFace said:

Tuscan Bev said:

presumable cause he couldnt smell any alcohol he let me on my way

That and he has no power if he doesn't suspect alcohol (or you haven't had an accident or committed a moving traffic offence) :P

To the BiBs - does not having docs refer to a moving traffic offence?

Good to hear them doing it anyway.

Is it now mandatory to have your docs. with you in the car?

[Paulle]

I think if BiB can smell alcohol on your breath or you admit to having had a drink they can breathalyse you.
Personally I've got no problem with them doing this form of random testing.

[mystomachehurts]

FishFace said:

Tuscan Bev said:

presumable cause he couldnt smell any alcohol he let me on my way

That and he has no power if he doesn't suspect alcohol (or you haven't had an accident or committed a moving traffic offence) :P

You sure about that? Over here in Ireland they changed the law a few years back, they can (and do) just set up road blocks. Everyone queues to blow into the machine.

I thought they'd done a similar thing in the UK too.

ETA Re Paulle's post above.
Must admit I was asked if I'd had a drink, it was 6am on the way to the airport, I did answer that I'd had a couple of glasses of wine the evening before (I blew zero before anyone asks).

Edited by mystomachehurts on Wednesday 5th December 18:15

[mark69sheer]

I'm glad its being done but why the predictable xmas splurdge again.
with modern bunge drinking culture they could be catching them all year round and saving lives.

[Tonto]

esselte said:

FishFace said:

Tuscan Bev said:

presumable cause he couldnt smell any alcohol he let me on my way

That and he has no power if he doesn't suspect alcohol (or you haven't had an accident or committed a moving traffic offence) :P

To the BiBs - does not having docs refer to a moving traffic offence?

Good to hear them doing it anyway.

Is it now mandatory to have your docs. with you in the car?

Technically, its an offence not to have them with you. But because nobody does have them, the police give you a producer form.

Edited by Tonto on Wednesday 5th December 19:23

[Chrispy Porker]

No docs is not a moving traffic offence.

[mark69sheer]

I carry my docs anyway because it saves the hassle of producing at a later time.