Chris Tarrant - Drink Drive
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I hope the judge adjourned for the day, right before the verdict was read out 
Seriously though, what a pillock, big household name with plenty of money (I assume, certainly more than me) and still drives himself after drinking, I am a relative pauper and can get my head round not driving a car when I have had a beer and get a taxi, a few quid here and there for transport is nothing, no need to wing it.
This will cost him, as advertisers and program makers tend to shy away from people who have convictions, he wasnt massively over but he was over, suggest really to me he has been doing it for years and the neighbour he has a dispute with, realised and used it against him, but it does suggest a certain arrogance and stupidity.
Seriously though, what a pillock, big household name with plenty of money (I assume, certainly more than me) and still drives himself after drinking, I am a relative pauper and can get my head round not driving a car when I have had a beer and get a taxi, a few quid here and there for transport is nothing, no need to wing it.
This will cost him, as advertisers and program makers tend to shy away from people who have convictions, he wasnt massively over but he was over, suggest really to me he has been doing it for years and the neighbour he has a dispute with, realised and used it against him, but it does suggest a certain arrogance and stupidity.
HedgeyGedgey said:
There should be a zero tolerance approach to drink driving. Any amount of alcohol impairs judgement. I'd have phoned the police
This is a rubbish idea. People can drink and drive safely within reason. This is proved every day otherwise where are all the crashed cars littering our streets? Can't say I've seen a crashed car for several months.The DD laws and speeding laws are draconian and are just like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Hence why they don't work.
Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 18th January 12:08
Lol. He did the ol' countryside dash from pub to home and someone squealed on him.
Amazed he answered the door to his home. All he had to do was sit in the bathroom until plod went away, or get the missus to say he'd gone for a brisk walk and would be back in a few hours, and he'd have been golden.
Amazed he answered the door to his home. All he had to do was sit in the bathroom until plod went away, or get the missus to say he'd gone for a brisk walk and would be back in a few hours, and he'd have been golden.
k. Top man. Perhaps the good citizen should have tried stopping him / got a lifeBoosted LS1 said:
This is a rubbish idea. People can drink and drive safely within reason. This is proved every day otherwise where are all the crashed cars littering our streets? Can't say I've seen a crashed car for several months.
The DD laws and speeding laws are draconian and are just like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Hence why they don't work.
Chris is that you? The DD laws and speeding laws are draconian and are just like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Hence why they don't work.
Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 18th January 12:08
From friends I know who work in country pubs he frequented in the area, it was common that he thought he was able to freely drink and drive, so glad he was eventually dobbed in and stopped. Obviously they weren't usually aware he had driven in, but seen to be driving away when he left. The pub he was dobbed, is about 2 miles from his house and is just a straight country lane to get home , so he only had to master a straight line . Sad really that he couldn't organise a lift or a taxi with the wealth he has.
By all accounts he is a nice guy as one of my staff has been on the lakes fishing locally with him , but however nice he is and what he does for the local area, doesn't make D&D any less punishable an offence.
By all accounts he is a nice guy as one of my staff has been on the lakes fishing locally with him , but however nice he is and what he does for the local area, doesn't make D&D any less punishable an offence.
Boosted LS1 said:
HedgeyGedgey said:
There should be a zero tolerance approach to drink driving. Any amount of alcohol impairs judgement. I'd have phoned the police
This is a rubbish idea. People can drink and drive safely within reason. This is proved every day otherwise where are all the crashed cars littering our streets? Can't say I've seen a crashed car for several months.The DD laws and speeding laws are draconian and are just like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Hence why they don't work.
cybersimon said:
in response to lcs_turbo
I don't count the drinks my fellow diners imbibe.
I don't follow anyone out to the carpark to see who drives.
I don't suppose at that level of 'over the limit' he would have appeared incapable in any way.
I'm not that sort of c*nt
Not sure about thatI don't count the drinks my fellow diners imbibe.
I don't follow anyone out to the carpark to see who drives.
I don't suppose at that level of 'over the limit' he would have appeared incapable in any way.
I'm not that sort of c*nt
cybersimon said:
in response to lcs_turbo
I don't count the drinks my fellow diners imbibe.
I don't follow anyone out to the carpark to see who drives.
I don't suppose at that level of 'over the limit' he would have appeared incapable in any way.
I'm not that sort of c*nt
But clearly some sort I don't count the drinks my fellow diners imbibe.
I don't follow anyone out to the carpark to see who drives.
I don't suppose at that level of 'over the limit' he would have appeared incapable in any way.
I'm not that sort of c*nt
andrewparker said:
Boosted LS1 said:
HedgeyGedgey said:
There should be a zero tolerance approach to drink driving. Any amount of alcohol impairs judgement. I'd have phoned the police
This is a rubbish idea. People can drink and drive safely within reason. This is proved every day otherwise where are all the crashed cars littering our streets? Can't say I've seen a crashed car for several months.The DD laws and speeding laws are draconian and are just like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Hence why they don't work.
no. in the countryside people drink drive. I'm not saying 10 pints and drive home but 4-5 is extremely common and lots of the pubs would die if people didn't do this as there's not many taxis and no public transport. rarely hear of crashes too and the police aren't bothered. it's more built up areas that cause problems
Boosted LS1 said:
Some countries allow a variable sort of limit/punishment. Sobriety test in the US is one I like for DD. I think France has different punishments for different alcohol limits. In Oz they have points system for speeding which seems more suitable but I've forgotten the exact details. A blanket law won't work because nobody believes in it's justness/fairness.
I'd imagine rather a lot of people (rather than your suggested 'nobody') believe in the justness\fairness of our Drink Driving Laws ...IanCress said:
It's not a question about whether you count the drinks or check whether he gets in the drivers seat. It's a question of whether, knowing someone is drink driving, you would alert the police or turn a blind eye.
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