RE: Think before you Drink before you Drive
Wednesday 15th August 2001
Think before you Drink before you Drive
A ban could trash your love life too says Govt
Discussion
Bit weird this...
Let me get this straight. The Government (who wants us to use the car less) is telling us that if we can't drive we dont stand a chance of pulling a bird, and if by some miracle we do, she will go running off with the first gap toothed gypsy that hoves into view with a set of wheels.
What a Bo**ocks Ad.
Mobile phone use behind the wheel also needs to be classified as an equally unacceptable practice. Whilst driving home yesterday I was very nearly hit by an Audi travelling in the opposite direction. Seeing what was potentially happening, I had plenty of time to come to a complete halt, putting two wheels on the grass to maximise the space for the Audi. The other driver, steering back onto their own side of the road with the heel of one hand, missed me by inches. The driver's ability to react to the situation was probably even lower than somebody just over the drink-drive limit, so surely they deserve an even greater fine/ban?
quote:Go the whole hog how about a bumber sticker. Drink and Drive ??? See You Next Tuesday.
Sparks - couldn't agree more ! In Australia they were dishing out bumber stickers with the catchy message : "If you drink and drive, you're a bloody idiot !!" That, to me, is a far more effective message than "don't drink and drive - you might lose your bird !"
quote:Agreed--not that a greater fine or ban is needed but defo mucho points on the licence. I am *sick* of dodging courier van drivers who bomb around London's all too crowded streets with a mobile phone stuck to their ears and one hand on the wheel. Nearly as sick as seeing the same thing on a motorway--whether it is some dolly pootling along @ 60 in the middle lane, swerving from side to side while nattering away and oblivious to the traffic or some rep pelting along in the outside lane only to slow down to answer the phone and dangerously pull over into the middle lane (if they can be bothered...) Coming to think about it they should cut their ears off and confiscate their cars.
Mobile phone use behind the wheel also needs to be classified as an equally unacceptable practice. surely they deserve an even greater fine/ban?
Hmmm, let's see . .
- Approaching someone stupid enough to drink and drive with logic and common sense? Not all that workable.
- Using one's own priorities as the yardstick for presenting adverts to dumba--es who are obviously too selfish or addicted to judge well? Not all that workable either.
It galls me to say it, but it appears that 'They' have put some real thought into this advert.
quote:Please tell me, does anyone out there go for a meal with their bird, while she is slowly getting pissed, do you have a glass of wine with your meal ? I think we are all guilty of this act, but those idiots who get ratarsed then jump into their TTs should be locked up for being pricks
Please tell me, dose any one out there go for a meal with there bird, while she is slowly geting pissed you have a glass of wine with your meal? I think we are all guilty of this act but for those idiots how get ratarced then jump into their TTs should be locked up for being pricks
An improvement but could do better 7/10
luv ya really
Right, I don't want to sound like I think drink driving is okay, coz it isn't ... but ... why do we single it out for such special abuse?
I think I'd prefer to be in a car where the driver has had a couple of pints but is really concentrating on his driving, rather than be in a car where the driver is paying no attention to what is going on, smoking, chatting on the phone, etc.
A mate used to be a copper (before he got sacked for crashing to many cars 
). If he wanted to bag a drunk driver, all he had to do was go out at 11:15pm and find someone who was driving really carefully at bang on 30mph. Driver knew they might be a bit wobbley so they made a real effort and thus stood out from the rest of us sober drivers who weave all over the road and speed.
Any form of avoidable stupidity that makes you a less safe driver should be condemmed in proportion to the danger it creates.
So why does drink driving, and speeding in particular, get so much flack?
Because they are incredibly easy to measure. There's no arguing with a speed gun or a breathaliser. Plod can collect nice easy evidence. Government can set nice simple targets and measure performance in the stupid narrow terms they imply.
Who cares if it is effective or not for safety? I've bagged a bloke on an empty motorway at 90mph and a another driving 0.5 mile home from the pub in the @rse end of nowhere in the middle of the night. Oh wow.
Trying to measure something subjective, like driving without due care and attention, is a lot harder but might actually be useful. We elect politicians and pay our taxes to tackle the difficult problems, not to ponce around with the easy stuff and then have an orgy of self-congratulation.
Edited by ATG on Thursday 16th August 20:43
). If he wanted to bag a drunk driver, all he had to do was go out at 11:15pm and find someone who was driving really carefully at bang on 30mph. Driver knew they might be a bit wobbley so they made a real effort and thus stood out from the rest of us sober drivers who weave all over the road and speed.
Any form of avoidable stupidity that makes you a less safe driver should be condemmed in proportion to the danger it creates.
So why does drink driving, and speeding in particular, get so much flack?
Because they are incredibly easy to measure. There's no arguing with a speed gun or a breathaliser. Plod can collect nice easy evidence. Government can set nice simple targets and measure performance in the stupid narrow terms they imply.
Who cares if it is effective or not for safety? I've bagged a bloke on an empty motorway at 90mph and a another driving 0.5 mile home from the pub in the @rse end of nowhere in the middle of the night. Oh wow.
Trying to measure something subjective, like driving without due care and attention, is a lot harder but might actually be useful. We elect politicians and pay our taxes to tackle the difficult problems, not to ponce around with the easy stuff and then have an orgy of self-congratulation.
Edited by ATG on Thursday 16th August 20:43 Gassing Station | Motoring News | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff