Drinking And Driving

davo69

davo69

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find it hard to believe that the smoking ban is here total no smoking in public arears yet you can still have a drink and drive .when is the goverment going to make it a total ban on drink and drive .it has been proven that even one drink can inper your driving ability and cause delaid reactions.would one cig hhave the ability to kill.
 
if it falls on ya lap while driving or causes a fire in ya house, then yes, it has the ability to kill but understand where you are coming from, people who drink drive should have there licence took off them permanantly, and be charged for attemped murder, because as soon as they get in that car they could potentially kill someone!
so i too agree with it davo69 there should be a total ban on drink driving!
 
I ahve always been in favour of NO drink and drive. Too many people think 2 pints and drive is OK ... Well I am a wimp and 2 pints goes straight to my legs :) Some people it takes 10 pints.... I do have 1 pints of shandy which kinda might make me a hypocrite, But only one and thats a few hrs before I drive anyways... But I wont be the only one.. Anyone who sees me with a pint on matchdays..its usually a very very expensive non alcahol beer.

All this so many units is too confusing... NO drink is a lot more clear and sensible.. But why is non alcahol beer more expensive than real beer.. that doesn't help.

No smoking and driving should also be the law.. too dangerous.

Good call davo.
 
davo69 said:
find it hard to believe that the smoking ban is here total no smoking in public arears yet you can still have a drink and drive .when is the goverment going to make it a total ban on drink and drive .it has been proven that even one drink can inper your driving ability and cause delaid reactions.would one cig hhave the ability to kill.
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Lets go the whole hog!

In the not too distant past an Accy man died on the job.
I cant see that being banned?
 
see the report in todays accy observer about some one killing his friend by crashing his car whilst twice over the limit and the judge is considering a community service order, he gets charged wit causing death by careless driving and not involuntary manslaughter, a complete and utter farce and a waste of a life,drink drivers should be banned for life but they still drive when banned and yes i have been guilty of both offences in the past but realised that being a prat can kill someone,i was lucky not to have any accidents whilst d/d, but iwas foolish and i served a prison sentence of 3 months for my stupidity,but this idiot kills someone and is getting a slap on the wrists,TOTALLY WRONG he should jailed.
 
non alcoholic drinks are more expensive because they dont make or sell as many maybe they should be subsurdised most pubs cost as much for a coke as pint .there is no excuse for this realey
 
alan7554 said:
see the report in todays accy observer about some one killing his friend by crashing his car whilst twice over the limit and the judge is considering a community service order, he gets charged wit causing death by careless driving and not involuntary manslaughter, a complete and utter farce and a waste of a life,drink drivers should be banned for life but they still drive when banned and yes i have been guilty of both offences in the past but realised that being a prat can kill someone,i was lucky not to have any accidents whilst d/d, but iwas foolish and i served a prison sentence of 3 months for my stupidity,but this idiot kills someone and is getting a slap on the wrists,TOTALLY WRONG he should jailed.
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I agree with that....the reason for my flippancy was the ban on smoking.
 
dont mind people putting there own lives at risk, thats up to them, Drink n Driving puts everyone else at risk, its no contest n anyone who thinks differant is braindead, know someone personally who lost a family member through this,should be lifetime ban,n custodial sentence.
 
yes mick thats the one,he is a very lucky young man at least he can walk down the street again not like his friend,
 
cashman i to have had a family member hit bye a drunk driver he has not died but has been a cabage since 3 months old when he was hit wile in is pram he is no 22 years old anc can do nothing for himself .the driver at the time was twice the limit and got off with it he got a fine but they did not take is lisence off him because he ran a garage and it would of cost him is lively hood
 
KIPAX, I ahve always been in favour of NO drink and drive. Too many people think 2 pints and drive is OK ... Well I am a wimp and 2 pints goes straight to my legs Some people it takes 10 pints.... I do have 1 pints of shandy which kinda might make me a hypocrite, But only one and thats a few hrs before I drive anyways... But I wont be the only one.. Anyone who sees me with a pint on matchdays..its usually a very very expensive non alcahol beer.
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I agree alcohol affects people in a different manner, some have a greater tollerance than others, therefore in my humble opinion no one should be alowed to drink any alcohol and drive, a zero limit is the only sensible solution.
 
Totally agree.

Shame there is no way of enforcing it better. although I have see the cars on TV that wont start till you give a breath sample.
 
I don’t use alcohol by choice because I do not have a need for it. However, to have a total ban would not be practical. Too many products and medicines contain small amounts of alcohol and this would show on a breathalyser test if it were zero.

A reduction to 40 mg is about right.

But the real issue here isn’t so much the amount of booze but the punishments for transgressors.

How many drunk drivers get a manslaughter charge if they kill someone or a GBH charge if they injure someone? Not very many is the answer. The rest having ruined scores of lives get off virtually scott free.

The first offence should be punished as it is today, unless it involves injury or death to someone other than the driver, with a ban for a period and a fine. This gives the miscreant a chance to mend their ways. But any subsequent drink driving offence should bring a term in prison, a lifetime driving ban and confiscation of the vehicle plus a hefty fine.
 
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