Drink driving (a bit of a random thread)

[fatboy]

I was reading about those alcolock things they are designing to fit into cars that you have to blow into before you can start the ignition.

I read in The Times that one of the ways you used to be able to get round it was by blowing through cat shit.

Can anyone find this story online?

 

[Tighe11]

So does that mean you pick up your cats shit and put it in the car before you head off to the pub or do you just hope one has gone next to your car before you get in?

 

[fatboy]

I am sure I did not imagine reading this!

 

[CAFC Matt]

WTF you on about Fatboy Sure you ain't had too many already

 

[Kryten]

wouldn't it be easier to get someone else to blow into it for you?

 

[beorhthelm]

i which case they could drive instead

 

[Kryten]

i which case they could drive instead

they might not be able to drive, but they might be sober

 

[CAFC Matt]

But who goes out and allows the driver to get drunk when they stay sober

 

[Kryten]

But who goes out and allows the driver to get drunk when they stay sober

maybe they're tea total, but can't drive

 

[CAFC Matt]

Find me someone that is tea total

Saying that you probably will now

 

[Dropkick Turnip]

they might not be able to drive, but they might be sober

Can open, worms everywhere. And is a bad sober driver more or less of a hazard to other road users and pedestrians than a good driver who's everso slightly over the limit? I have a friend who claims that a couple of pints before you get in the car actually makes you a better driver because you concentrate more. Unlike, say, those 90 year olds who might be sober but should have had their keys confiscated years ago. I'd never endorse drink driving but his slant on things is certainly food for thought, no?

 

[Rangdo]

Hmmmm.
Pick up cat shit and blow through it to start the car.
Get a taxi.
Which shall it be

 

[fatboy]

i which case they could drive instead

Yes. Just used that argument with my dad.

I read that they were improving the alcolocks to prevent getting round it by using cat shit or by getting children to blow into it.


Also read about a drunk who crashed and then tried to bribe a passer by with 10k to say that he was driving. The passer by was a magistrate.

The man then tried to bribe the police.

 

[fatboy]

I have a friend who claims that a couple of pints before you get in the car actually makes you a better driver because you concentrate more.

Agree.

As I was borderline tonight I drove sensibly instead of driving like a twat as I would if I was sober.

 

[Dover]

Sorry people. Drink drivers should be banned for life. Everyone knows the score, and it still goes on.

If there was a reocurrence a five year jail sentance.

Driving (or riding) is an eaned privilige, and not a right.

 

[Rangdo]

Agree.

As I was borderline tonight I drove sensibly instead of driving like a twat as I would if I was sober.

What do you mean "borderline". If you had any doubts as to whether you were over the limit you shouldn't have driven.
Try telling the mother of the kid you run over that alcohol improves your reflexes. I'm sure she'll stick up for you.

 

[Rangdo]

Can open, worms everywhere. And is a bad sober driver more or less of a hazard to other road users and pedestrians than a good driver who's everso slightly over the limit? I have a friend who claims that a couple of pints before you get in the car actually makes you a better driver because you concentrate more. Unlike, say, those 90 year olds who might be sober but should have had their keys confiscated years ago. I'd never endorse drink driving but his slant on things is certainly food for thought, no?

This is crap. I agree about the old granny's but the point about drinking is that it makes you THINK that you are a better driver so obviously a couple of drinks makes your mate think he's a better driver.
It is a proven fact that drinking alcohol slows down your reflexes and the delay in your reactions can mean the difference between stopping in time or killing someone.
I seriously hope that you and fatboy are joking. If not then I am quite amazed with your attitudes towards drink driving.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

I'm sure I read somewhere that these alcolocks would need to be blown into during the journey too so getting someone else to blow in it before setting off wouldn't help. I think that one of the main objections to the locks was that they could cause as many accidents as the prevented.

 

[Tooting Gull]

One thing I don't understand about prosecutions, though, is that it seems to me it should be the act itself that gets punished rather than the direct consequences, which while obviously horrific are pretty random.

And the recent example is Lee Hughes getting six years for killing someone while probably over the limit, while Terry Yorath got a ban and community service for 'only' crippling someone while three times over. I think those sentences should have been more similar, as Yorath could easily have killed someone, which surely is the point, and he should have been jailed.

 

[driddles]

One of the great things they are doing in my area is having police randomly hit bars downtown. They set up in the bar and let you do a breathalizer just for your own curiousity. So if you need to see where you are after 3 pints you can. Great thing is it gives you gauge for all drinking from that point on.