Rural drink-driving
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Griffith4ever said:
DriveClive said:
Does anyone under 60 even still frequent their local multiple times a week?
Yes, loads of us. This is in a suburb of Manchester called Chorlton.
You've no problem getting a seat anywhere in any local pub here. They are 3/4 at best on a Friday night.
Except for Wetherspoons which always has a busy vibe.
Scabutz said:
Years ago I had a chap work for me. He was a funny git, but we found out one night he had driven home drunk. So from then on we watched him like a hawk and would get his keys and bundle him in a taxi.
Xmas party and he was drunk so I went to get his keys and he did a runner. So I chased him. This guy could run a 40min 10k, I was 47 mins at my best and was far from it at that stage. Knew I had a better sprint and caught him before he got too far away.
I checked him in to a hotel, guy wouldn't check him in without ID, which he didn't have. Tried to persuade him with leaving my company credit card, in the end I had to take him to one side and say if you don't give this guy a room he's going to drive home drunk. I had a set of keys but the sneaky bugger had previously had a spare and probably did that night.
Next time we went out and he had too much I took back up and we made him take a lift home. He refused at first but we reasond with him and said he can sit in the front or be bundled in the boot.
Pissed me off the amount of effort that had to go into monitoring this t
t. Thankfully he left before I could fire him.
Sounds frustrating, at least you did the right thing. Xmas party and he was drunk so I went to get his keys and he did a runner. So I chased him. This guy could run a 40min 10k, I was 47 mins at my best and was far from it at that stage. Knew I had a better sprint and caught him before he got too far away.
I checked him in to a hotel, guy wouldn't check him in without ID, which he didn't have. Tried to persuade him with leaving my company credit card, in the end I had to take him to one side and say if you don't give this guy a room he's going to drive home drunk. I had a set of keys but the sneaky bugger had previously had a spare and probably did that night.
Next time we went out and he had too much I took back up and we made him take a lift home. He refused at first but we reasond with him and said he can sit in the front or be bundled in the boot.
Pissed me off the amount of effort that had to go into monitoring this t
t. Thankfully he left before I could fire him. Hugo Stiglitz said:
Griffith4ever said:
DriveClive said:
Does anyone under 60 even still frequent their local multiple times a week?
Yes, loads of us. This is in a suburb of Manchester called Chorlton.
You've no problem getting a seat anywhere in any local pub here. They are 3/4 at best on a Friday night.
Except for Wetherspoons which always has a busy vibe.
Griffith4ever said:
DriveClive said:
Does anyone under 60 even still frequent their local multiple times a week?
Yes, loads of us. Regular beer and wine drinking happens at home these days at sensible prices. Unfortunately the old pub social culture has died.
Just thinking back to the old hall of residence days at university in the early 70's. Blue drinking voucher (£5) would keep you and your mates going all night. More restrained expenditure allowed bar visits at least three times per week.
And the first pint after playing a rugby match was nectar. With a minimum of two to follow.
I was a poor student back then. Couldn't afford that habit now. And I'm a 'rich' boomer pensioner.
How times have changed. We had it good
And the first pint after playing a rugby match was nectar. With a minimum of two to follow.
I was a poor student back then. Couldn't afford that habit now. And I'm a 'rich' boomer pensioner.
How times have changed. We had it good
Stop it . I love beer , but developed a severe allergy to it a few years ago and half a pint would now see me in A &E . Worse still, I grew up in the era of crappy rubbish like Tartan and Brew Ten and now Tesco's shelves are groaning with all sorts of craft stuff . Thank God I'm not allergic to wine...
About 10 years ago, I used to live in a village that was more long, with properties built on a main through road rather than spread out with estates. There was a pub right at one end, that there were a known number of local residents who we regularly visit, having many numbers of drink and then drive the short distance home (maybe up to a mile).
I seem to recall that this 'rural drink driving' went on for years, until one night on there was police sat waiting to pull them over as soon as they started up their cars. I seem to recall about half a dozen were banned for drink driving at the time.
I seem to recall that this 'rural drink driving' went on for years, until one night on there was police sat waiting to pull them over as soon as they started up their cars. I seem to recall about half a dozen were banned for drink driving at the time.
coppice said:
Stop it . I love beer , but developed a severe allergy to it a few years ago and half a pint would now see me in A &E . Worse still, I grew up in the era of crappy rubbish like Tartan and Brew Ten and now Tesco's shelves are groaning with all sorts of craft stuff . Thank God I'm not allergic to wine...
If it makes you feel any better, most of the craft stuff is bottled arse juice and 1970s can of Tartan would be a superior beverage. ingenieur said:
What the zero-tolerance authoritarians always fail to point out when they reel off their examples of someone who was terribly killed by a drunk driver is that the vast majority of accidents happen with sober drivers.
The fact that a person has had some alcohol before driving should not result in the automatic assumption that alcohol was the cause. But it always does.
Anyway, that aside... and to the question at the beginning. There was a story of the possibility of a 'pass' for drink driving in rural Ireland some years ago, I don't know if there has been any update since: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/22/iris...
The vast majority of accidents happening with sober drivers is because most people don’t drink and drive!The fact that a person has had some alcohol before driving should not result in the automatic assumption that alcohol was the cause. But it always does.
Anyway, that aside... and to the question at the beginning. There was a story of the possibility of a 'pass' for drink driving in rural Ireland some years ago, I don't know if there has been any update since: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/22/iris...
Absolutely without question, drinking increases your chance of having a fault accident.
Hugo Stiglitz said:
Griffith4ever said:
DriveClive said:
Does anyone under 60 even still frequent their local multiple times a week?
Yes, loads of us. This is in a suburb of Manchester called Chorlton.
You've no problem getting a seat anywhere in any local pub here. They are 3/4 at best on a Friday night.
Except for Wetherspoons which always has a busy vibe.
mattyprice4004 said:
Slow said:
Wetherspoons do a £1.50 pint of something, my younger brother worked in one as a student last year and said people would come in at opening and start.
It’s Ruddles, an absolutely abysmal beer. Spoons do have some good stuff on the go, but that’s not one of them!
DonkeyApple said:
Cold said:
DonkeyApple said:
Slow said:
I think when you walk in at opening for it then it might be a certain type of person!
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bigothunter said:
DonkeyApple said:
Cold said:
DonkeyApple said:
Slow said:
I think when you walk in at opening for it then it might be a certain type of person!
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