Tonight i shopped in a drink driver...

Well done that man!

I used to work in a Wetherspoon pub, and if we knew someone to be over the limit and suspected them of being about to get in a car, I'd jump on the police radio & inform the control centre. They'd then dispatch a car to the area regardless, and watch CCTV (the pub was covered on all exits) for the person I described. They definitely were interested, and it meant that when times were rough, the pub got an easy break from plod.

Yet some people I worked with classed it as "not my job" to do what I did.

I'm glad there's someone else around like me that doesn't care about the stigma of being a "grass" & will happily shop someone for doing something downright dangerous.

I've reported a couple of drunk drivers and not one of them has been caught. I know thru a contact I had in the control room of the local police station. The police would send someone, if they had the resource, to their home and wait for a while, they may also put obs out for the car. If the driver didnt return home straight away or managed to not get seen by Police then nothing would be done.....

Its rubbish.

Even if they do get caught (like a guy across the road from me) they dont always get a ban...

grass

hth

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Coat please.

Well done mate!

I dobbed my neighbour in Northampton for drink driving, many years ago now. He got banned, and hubby at the time worked in the courts, so made sure that he was seen on the day of the hearing.
The idiot then went to drive his car a few weeks later, so I stood out on the drive watching him, he then parked back onto his drive. Never tried to drive it again after that.

Strangely we never got victimised by him, he must have realised he was losing the battle.

Lou x

firstly, well done!


Secondly, in my experience from working for the police in a couple of roles, they take drink driving very seriously and love to nick one, however having the resources available to get there and do it these days is the hard thing....

Andy

the police seemed to be quite interested, but i doubt they will have cought him as he was off out.. but i dont know where too...

it sometimes makes me wish i could be a super hero so i could have picked his car up and crushed it so he couldnt drive it....

i will do it again..... i HATE drink drivers....

My grandma lives in Bramley, wonder if she was involved

I know the feeling.

when calling in the simple things will help the police but so man people forget to get them.

description
reg of car
make and color of car
direction of travel
distinguishing features of car and person
where last seen going

what they will have probably done if he was leaving already is put out a general obs on the radio, so if people see them they know to pull em over and test em. Quite entertaining how often they pass obs and a unit is sat right behind the vehicle already...

so would anyone follow one whilst on the phone to the police? I heard that it wouldn't be classed as an offense to be on your mobile in this type of situation.