Drunk drivers!!!
Discussion
It was lucky I was running late tonight as I pulled into the layby of my daughters house I'm greeted by the site of a jack knifed Nissan double cab with a fuel bowser. The neighbours are on the phone to all of the 999 crews. I go to check on drivers condition, I'm expecting the worse as he's managed to crash into a telegraph pole, snapping it and push it out of the ground at the same time 
. He's fine the lucky barsteward, just appears to be in extreme shock or very dazed. Until I take a breath and from the smell realise he's not had a couple of drinks but is absolutely 
ing wankered
he didn’t even realise what he had done.
Thankfully the BiB took him away fairly smartish and hopefully he'll not see his license for a few good years.
Why do people still insist on drunk driving I don't mind people having one drink and then driving but to have so much that you don't no what your doing hising insane.
Anyway an eventful night, which I'll polish off with a glass of Merlot.
. He's fine the lucky barsteward, just appears to be in extreme shock or very dazed. Until I take a breath and from the smell realise he's not had a couple of drinks but is absolutely ing wankered he didn’t even realise what he had done. Thankfully the BiB took him away fairly smartish and hopefully he'll not see his license for a few good years.
Why do people still insist on drunk driving I don't mind people having one drink and then driving but to have so much that you don't no what your doing his
ing insane. Anyway an eventful night, which I'll polish off with a glass of Merlot.
greenlandy said:
It was lucky I was running late tonight as I pulled into the layby of my daughters house I'm greeted by the site of a jack knifed Nissan double cab with a fuel bowser. The neighbours are on the phone to all of the 999 crews. I go to check on drivers condition, I'm expecting the worse as he's managed to crash into a telegraph pole, snapping it and push it out of the ground at the same time . He's fine the lucky barsteward, just appears to be in extreme shock or very dazed. Until I take a breath and from the smell realise he's not had a couple of drinks but is absolutely ing wankered he didn’t even realise what he had done.
Thankfully the BiB took him away fairly smartish and hopefully he'll not see his license for a few good years.
Why do people still insist on drunk driving I don't mind people having one drink and then driving but to have so much that you don't no what your doing hising insane.
Anyway an eventful night, which I'll polish off with a glass of Merlot.
. He's fine the lucky barsteward, just appears to be in extreme shock or very dazed. Until I take a breath and from the smell realise he's not had a couple of drinks but is absolutely ing wankered he didn’t even realise what he had done. Thankfully the BiB took him away fairly smartish and hopefully he'll not see his license for a few good years.
Why do people still insist on drunk driving I don't mind people having one drink and then driving but to have so much that you don't no what your doing his
ing insane. Anyway an eventful night, which I'll polish off with a glass of Merlot.
people should not have ONE drink if they are driving, there is a time and a place for everything
greenlandy said:
beastie said:
people should not have ONE drink if they are driving, there is a time and a place for everything
One drink is still legal and I for one will often drive after one drink but
more than one. I've yet to kill, maim or cause an accident by doing this.quite right, sadly most people do not know when to stop, best thing would be zero tolerance with d&d
ChrisJG said:
beastie said:
if you are really not sure, don't risk it, get a taxi or a bus or a tube,etc....
But, does having a hangover mean you are still over the limit? Does not having one mean you are okay to drive?
Its dilemmas like these that make me happy I can walk to work
if you don't kick the arse out of it the night before you should be ok to drive, don't get me wrong, I love to get merry as much as the next person, I just hate to see people ruin their lives over something so stupid as having "one" more for the road, and more importantly, ruining someone else's life.
I agree. Personally if I'm driving, I won't touch alcohol at all. However, in the past (in previous employment) I am fairly certain I have been over the limit when driving to work the following day and, being in a rural area, public transport would not have been an option. Doubt the boss would have accepted it as a viable excuse either!
Like I said, its thankfully not a judgement call I have to make nowadays.
Like I said, its thankfully not a judgement call I have to make nowadays.
ChrisJG said:
I agree. Personally if I'm driving, I won't touch alcohol at all. However, in the past (in previous employment) I am fairly certain I have been over the limit when driving to work the following day and, being in a rural area, public transport would not have been an option. Doubt the boss would have accepted it as a viable excuse either!
Like I said, its thankfully not a judgement call I have to make nowadays.
Like I said, its thankfully not a judgement call I have to make nowadays.
I think most of us have been in that position at one time or another, hopefully as we get older we start to realise the consequence of our actions...
The drink drive subject has been done to death on here. Yes one pint sociallt over a period of a couple of hours is fine one unit of alcohol leaves your system per hour so theres nothing wrong with this. Saying the drink drive limit should be zero is nonsence as you will still have traces in your blood stream for many hours. It would be extremly hard to police.
The man tonight whos ony victim was a telegraph post should be banned from driving for a very long time. I have no time fr people driving pissed and if I see anyone attempting to do this in th bar I will have a word.
The man tonight whos ony victim was a telegraph post should be banned from driving for a very long time. I have no time fr people driving pissed and if I see anyone attempting to do this in th bar I will have a word.
'Why do people still insist on drunk driving I don't mind people having one drink and then driving but to have so much that you don't no what your doing his fking insane. '
Well it happened to me because I wasn't in control of myself mate.
I learnt the hard way, nobody was hurt (thank fk).
Well it happened to me because I wasn't in control of myself mate.
I learnt the hard way, nobody was hurt (thank fk).
boRED S2upid said:
Yes one pint sociallt over a period of a couple of hours is fine one unit of alcohol leaves your system per hour so theres nothing wrong with this. Saying the drink drive limit should be zero is nonsence as you will still have traces in your blood stream for many hours. It would be extremly hard to police.
It would be no more difficult to police than the current limit surely? The 'one pint socially' is all very well but, if people couldn't legally have that one social pint and drive, they would be less likely to get a taste for it and have social pint numbers 2, 3 and 4 before getting behind the wheel. Not everyone does this I know but, it only takes one...
ChrisJG said:
boRED S2upid said:
Yes one pint sociallt over a period of a couple of hours is fine one unit of alcohol leaves your system per hour so theres nothing wrong with this. Saying the drink drive limit should be zero is nonsence as you will still have traces in your blood stream for many hours. It would be extremly hard to police.
It would be no more difficult to police than the current limit surely? The 'one pint socially' is all very well but, if people couldn't legally have that one social pint and drive, they would be less likely to get a taste for it and have social pint numbers 2, 3 and 4 before getting behind the wheel. Not everyone does this I know but, it only takes one...
What im refering to is the fact that 18 hours later (after a rather heavy session) that is 18 hours without a drink, I was once breath tested andit showed a trace I was wel under the limit (I hadn't rouched a drop for 18 hours, but their systems are sesitive so it showed up. If the limit was ZERO then I would have been guilty of drink driving? not having had a drink for 18 hours. I think this just adds to the difficulties in policing.
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