Drinking Drivers - what do you do

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Don't try to stand in front of the vehicle, if they've been drinking their judgement won't be the best and they may just run you over.

I believe davepreston got run over this way!

Originally Posted by Shellywoozle

Aye, Blue curvy jester is right, the pub has a responsibilty and it is an offence under the Licensing act 2003 to sell alcohol to someone intoxicated (unless I am drinking then it's ok) - repsonsible serving / drinking is the aim and they will be fined or prosecuted.

Aye but you can be well over drink driving limit. I'm still fairly with it (though I do talk a lot of shoite) after 8 pints or so, well sober enough to get a couple more in within licensing act ... but no way would I drive!

if im riding, i dont drink. not even if im riding in 8 hours time.

(but im a lightweight)

once a week i get a curry, pint of strong bow and pint of coke then get on the sv to go home, with a half full bottle of alcohol based mouthwash so they have to wait 10 minutes if im over the drink/drive limit now when i drove the van home from paintballing in Stafford onces i know i was well over the limit from the night before 14 pints of home brewed cider and half a bottle of vodka, stupid but i had been paintballing for 9 hours, and knew i was still over the limit. and i still complain about drink drivers!

Regarding the posts by police persons, I didn't know you'd go that far. So I could make a call about somebody and if I didn't have a name or reg number but gave a description you'd be able to work from that? That's good I hate people that drive drunk and dont care who they hurt

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

Having said that I can think of several occassions where members of the Org have ridden next morning after a proper skin full the night/early morning before and nobody critised them. No doubt if they had been breathalised they would have been over the limit as the effects do not come out of your system after just a couple of hours sleep so they are drunk drivers and just as guilty.

Originally Posted by sunshine

i was well over the limit from the night before 14 pints of home brewed cider and half a bottle of vodka, stupid but i had been paintballing for 9 hours, and knew i was still over the limit.

This is how the majority of folk end up drinking and driving. I don't think ride-outs should be arranged to start before midday on the Sunday of an org weekend away, and if you arrive on the Friday night you need to apply some self restraint.

At the first Scottish GM I had to duck out of the ride on the Sunday 'cos I was drunk well into the early hours of the morning and only had 4 or 5 hours sleep.

There's no excuse for it really when you can buy disposable breathalysers in petrol stations for the price on one pint of beer (I know they're not that accurate, but it's got to be better than a guestimate)

Originally Posted by sunshine

once a week i get a curry, pint of strong bow and pint of coke then get on the sv to go home

I don't have a problem with drink driving within the limit, but you need to be careful as the limit guidelines were not set with 5% lager and 13% new world wines in mind. A pint and a half of Stella in less than an hour is easily up to the drink drive limit.

Yeah, it's the morning after that's the risk, I knew I was still mullered one fine Sunday so I staggered to the train station to get the train into work as opposed to driving. I could barely walk so driving was right out. But it's when you feel fine that's the risk.

Hell, the week after next is a works-encouraged trip to the pub... wtf am I meant to do, I'm on the early (7am start) shift the next day except have one pint and go home! Nice planning, team leader. Everyone on early is going to resent everyone who isn't.

Safest way is to save any drinks until you know any driving is done for the day. Even if it's lunch and you're not driving again until after dinner.

Big question to ask yourself if you find yourself tempted is do you really need alcohol that much? And further think - unless you're going to get wasted, the two or three pints you're likely to have you'll barely notice and aren't really worth it.

You have to call the cops, how would you feel if you let them drive home drunk and they killed some poor pedestrian!?

Disregarding my job, I cannot abide drink drivers. It is a selfish, inconsiderate egotistical, needless thing to do.

I would call the Police on anyone, even family, if I thought for a second they were about to drink drive. My own personal morals wouldn't allow me to turn a blind eye. I would feel incredibly guilty if I didn't 'phone and something happened.

So who has phoned the police on their friends and family? Much as I hate drink drivers I dont know if I could land a mate in jail.

Originally Posted by captainsmelly

So who has phoned the police on their friends and family? Much as I hate drink drivers I dont know if I could land a mate in jail.

One's friends and family should not place you in that situation if they were decent people!