Drink Driving - Page 5

maccy · 02-03-2007, 18:35

i wounder if the guy that hit me before xmas had a drink????

slinky · 02-03-2007, 18:38

OUCH!! that's got to hurt Maccy....

Did they catch who did it?

accymel · 02-03-2007, 18:41

No they havent slinky he's had a hard battle to get cops to do owt about it!!

maccy · 02-03-2007, 18:41

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Originally Posted by slinky

OUCH!! that's got to hurt Maccy....

Did they catch who did it?

no! acording 2 1 of the 4 taix drivers that were there wen i woke i fell!

katex · 02-03-2007, 18:46

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

The thing that infuriorates me over here are the people who have been arrested for drunk driving many, many times and they're still allowed, or choose on their own, to continue drink and drive.

I've lost so many friends to drunk driving. Cindy's oldest brother was killed by a drunk driver when he was just 16. I'm sure the numbers are down greatly since the 1960s but 10s of thousands are still being killed or maim because of this.

Brian

Not surprised that they are still allowed on the roads LYY; when I was over there went to the annual Cantalope Festival .. great day, however, being a small town, all the population attended. There being no local buses as such, and definitely no taxis available as here, everyone drove to the site in their 4 x 4's and drank til they were '****ed as newts'. When the event was ending and a mass exodus occurring, the police actually just guided the traffic out of the parking field into the main highway.

I couldn't believe it, as they must have known the drivers were over the limit badly .. certainly some of the people I was working with were .. one colleague had had at least 10 beers !!

It's true re. knowing your own limits I suppose. I am now drinking one small glass of white wine .. just 12% crap .. but after a heavy week has really gone to my head and no way could I get into a car now and drive anywhere as brain cells already in fifth gear, but would probably 'pass' the breathalyser test.

shillelagh · 02-03-2007, 18:57

The only problem i see is 'one pint of normal beer'. What is normal beer? A pint of bitter, pint of fosters, pint of stella, pint of kronenberg, pint of john smiths? What is the normal pint of beer?

slinky · 02-03-2007, 19:00

I can see both sides of this argument. Ginger won't have half a larger if he is driving, but that is his personal choice. Other choose and will probably be fine to drink 1 pint of lager. It's knowing yourself and being sensible. Someone that would know they would have effects off 1 pint of lager should be sensible enough to not even have that one pint.

accymel · 02-03-2007, 19:05

Funny arguement is that what u see yourself & others see u is more than likely 2 seperate things ie, one night out i felt i come home relatively sober yet tinks says i was drunk obviously lol, & same has happened other way round tinks felt soberer & i thought she was ratted LOL ok no driving involved but was our perceptions!! Our perceptions do change even on small amount of alcofrol, so u cant judge yourself despite how u might feel cos to others it'll be different - hence none is the safest assured way!

grego · 02-03-2007, 21:04

I'm not sure that changing the legal limit will make much difference, personally if I'm driving I might have half of weak lager not my usual Stella/Worsteiner, usually I dont bother because then I'll be miffed that I'm driving. I too was of the understanding that 1 hour per unit to get rid of the alcohol in your system.