Dont Drink and Drive...................................................

I've been stopped twice in 2 Days at 20.10 on the same Lane by a Police drink drive check.</p>

Copper asked me to warn everyone that they are out and about spot checking and they are catching people over the limit.
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I know it's not right to drink and drive

but they do spend a lot of time going after motorists! Pity they don't spend as much time catching other criminals!

 

I haven't driven for over 12 month

and I dont drink

 

HeHe nt

 

Remind me to avoid that lane..................

Which one is it!?</p>

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Serious though, anyone caught deserves whatever punishment they get thrown at them. Shame they only do it over the Christmas period. </p>

 

How on earth do the coppers

expect me to get home from the pub then? Can they tell me that?

and no i'm not taking the bus, taxi or walking. Also, having one of mi mates drive me home means he can't drink either.

Chuffin coppers, ruining my christmas for me.

 

I know, they just don't think it through

Why else would pubs have car parks?

 

Drink Drivers...

My uncle was killed by a drink driver around 9 years ago. The drunk survived with only minor injuries and got 4 years in jail. Ridiculous.

It's not hard, some people think it's clever to drink and drive. If you get caught drinking, the penalty should be imprisonment. Straight up. The consequences of someone drinking and driving, can and are usually be fatal.

 

Yeh, i asked the JP that when i was brought up in

front of him 4 years back. Ha haaaa, he couldn't answer me! There, i thought i'd got him and that he would let me off. But NO, 18 months without my license and a woppin great fine. Jesus, i'd only had 7 pints! I was completely sober and i had no problem driving. What they don't understand is that if you're used to drinking alot all the time then the alcohol dosn't affect you that much. I reckon they should check your background and see if your are a heavy drinker or not. If you are a heavy drinker then the alcohol level should be higher for losing your license.

 

It's a really interesting one this.

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Had this conversation a couple of weeks ago with a mutual JP friend of Westie's and mine.</p>

Just playing devil's advocate my question was - why are the penalties higher when, purely by chance, something goes wrong? You take a corner too fast, your reactions slowed by 5 pints, and mow down a pedestrian who, unluckily, was crossing the road. But is your crime any greater than the bloke who got caught doing exactly the same the previous day when there was no-one crossing? We couldn't come to a satisfactory conclusion. A few years inside for a bit of dangerous driving with no consequences or let those who kill by accident off lightly? At present you're punishing people differently for essentially doing the same thing.</p>

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I agree with what you are saying to a point but then don't you have to take the same argument to speeding, jumping a red light etc?

Take the boxer (i forget who) that was mentioned the other day who hit somebody while going through a red light. No different to anyone else going through a red light really to be honest except someone happened to be crossing the road so I guess the only thing you can use to argue there is a difference is whether the driver knew (or should have known) that a person was likely to be in their path.

 

I do hope you're out fishing

and I've bitten cos if you're not I'm lost for words

 

RE: Isnt life complicated

YOU ARSEHOLE