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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago
hertfordshire |
1000 pounds to report a mate drink driving? good idea or not? esp at xmas and new year
I watched a TV programme the other day which showed a bloke on drugs pull up at a garage he could hardly walk yet went to pay for fuel he hadn't put in
the staff called the police but frightening |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If it was a mate I'd take the keys off him and tell them not to be a prat. If they were to persist at it the friendship would be under review.
Anyone else I'd report them in a heartbeat and probably give the money to charity.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If your stopped they feel your driving is not good and just 1 drink in your blood they can still charge you with drink driving .As each person tolerance is different . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If your stopped they feel your driving is not good and just 1 drink in your blood they can still charge you with drink driving .As each person tolerance is different ."
I don't think that's right there is a legal blood alcohol level |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I bet theres not one maybe a tea total who have not have a drink and driving after . Just one/2 glass if over 150 mil will put you over. And people who drink a lot in the morning can be still over the limits why they are pulling more over in the mornings now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If your stopped they feel your driving is not good and just 1 drink in your blood they can still charge you with drink driving .As each person tolerance is different .
I don't think that's right there is a legal blood alcohol level "
yES it is right ..... being under and if your driving is not good can still be done. They have laws now they can do that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"how would you feel if you knew your friend reported you"
i wouold be pretty pissed off.
but then im not moronic or selfish enough to be driving whilst d*unk anyway.
i had a mate that did it, a few years back.
he turned up one day with the back of his car caved in.
he had come out of the pub and reversed into a skip, then drove home.
the thing that got me was this pub is in the vacinity of a primary school, so that could have more than easily been something other than a skip.
we eventually got caught for it and banned for 10 years.
which was the trigger for him realising he had a problem and working to solve it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just say you worked in a pub or a club new the people who was having the drinks and driving they could make 1000s of pounds. I can see it all ending up nasty because there money on offer . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"how would you feel if you knew your friend reported you"
If I was stupid enough to drink drive I would hope my friends would shop me and I'd deserve it,
As has been said before if it's a friend I would try take there keys first telling them if they drive I'm phoning the police, then when I do there's no one to blame but themselves |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This worries me! of course we dont want d*unk drivers on our roads but how many innocent people will be pulled & how much police time will be wasted because of the people that wait outside a pub trying to farm some easy money as times are very hard for some |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"how would you feel if you knew your friend reported you"
How would you feel if you didn't report them and they subsequently killed a young child?
I expect certain values and morals of my friends and drink driving is a dealbreaker. |
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"how would you feel if you knew your friend reported you"
I don't drink & drive so that's not an issue.
Id tell them they can't drive & if they ignored me, risked others, & i couldn't physically stop them, id report them.
My friends arnt in the habit of drink driving though |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"maybe the answer at xmas time is to make public transport cheaper to encourage them to not take the car"
Or maybe the answer is to not drink? It really is that simple.
I'm sorry but you seem to be making a lot of excuses for drink driving, taxi drivers, public transport all seem to be to blame. Where does individual responsibility fit in to this?
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"Just say you worked in a pub or a club new the people who was having the drinks and driving they could make 1000s of pounds. I can see it all ending up nasty because there money on offer ."
Which is why I don't believe they will pay anywhere near £1000. It would be too easy to visit a different country pub every day and trouser a good chunk of cash anytime of year, let alone near christmas.
A bit of sound bite journalism I think. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've reported someone for drink driving before, they were so blind d*unk they couldn't even walk but thought they were fine to drive, and ignored everyone's plea to not drive. ANYONE that stupid needs to be taken off the road before they kill someone ( and I didn't need a cash incentive to do it ) offering money is silly it's a waste. |
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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago
hertfordshire |
"maybe the answer at xmas time is to make public transport cheaper to encourage them to not take the car
Or maybe the answer is to not drink? It really is that simple.
I'm sorry but you seem to be making a lot of excuses for drink driving, taxi drivers, public transport all seem to be to blame. Where does individual responsibility fit in to this?
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in an ideal world |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"maybe the answer at xmas time is to make public transport cheaper to encourage them to not take the car
Or maybe the answer is to not drink? It really is that simple.
I'm sorry but you seem to be making a lot of excuses for drink driving, taxi drivers, public transport all seem to be to blame. Where does individual responsibility fit in to this?
in an ideal world "
An ideal world?  Seriously?
If you want to drive don't drink. What is so difficult about that concept? |
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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago
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"maybe the answer at xmas time is to make public transport cheaper to encourage them to not take the car
Or maybe the answer is to not drink? It really is that simple.
I'm sorry but you seem to be making a lot of excuses for drink driving, taxi drivers, public transport all seem to be to blame. Where does individual responsibility fit in to this?
in an ideal world
An ideal world? Seriously?
If you want to drive don't drink. What is so difficult about that concept?"
I don't approve of people that drink and drive that's the thing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Just say you worked in a pub or a club new the people who was having the drinks and driving they could make 1000s of pounds. I can see it all ending up nasty because there money on offer .
Which is why I don't believe they will pay anywhere near £1000. It would be too easy to visit a different country pub every day and trouser a good chunk of cash anytime of year, let alone near christmas.
A bit of sound bite journalism I think."
well they offer cash and knowing how hard up some people are ... its there pay off and some will do whatever for 100/200 let alone 1000 pounds.Not just to keep others safe ... some people have been known to call police even if there old man was drinking at home and they are not getting on saying they had been driving just to get at them ...... just you can be done even if not driving a car ... even if sleeping it off in your car you can be done if have the keys in your pocket . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks"
No we don't, we only refuse to pick up people who are a complete mess and liable to cost us time and money in cleaning your bodily fluids up. |
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By *lexavierWoman
over a year ago
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I reported my (now ex) husband once, he was way over the limit and despite being told by myself and three other friends, who all refused to get in the car with him, he got in the car, drove at us all as we tried to stop him and left.
Twenty minutes later he was caught by the police, spent the night in the clink.
At court he received all of a six month driving ban, never forgave me.
However, if I hadn't reported him and he had killed someone, in my mind I would have been as guilty as him of MURDER,(nope, nothing less) end of.
Punishment for drink driving is far to lenient. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I despise d*unk drivers selfish people with not an ounce of guilt even when caught most of them.
However this shop people for money schemes I find distasteful and won't work,imo. D*unk drivers don't just operate at Christmas,it's a 12 month a year habit for them.
Tougher penalties are the only answer and jail if caught for anybody under any circumstances. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Punishment for drink driving is far to lenient."
 Minimum three year ban and a lifetime ban for a second offense.
Punishment for all driving offences is always too lenient though. Society and the judiciary view driving as a right not a privilege.
Anyone that receives a ban (for any offence not just drinking) should be forced to retake their test before returning to the road and initially only be allowed to drive in a non professional capacity/
I also think that if it is acceptable to force people serving community service to where jackets proclaiming "community payback" (or similar), then returning drivers should have a plate on their car identifying them for a time when returning to the road. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
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"Money or no money involved I would defantly report a drink driver who wasnt fit enough to drive.  .
And I mean anyone including a mate. "
You must have a different definition of 'mate'.
A mate wouldn't let another get to the point where s/he get anywhere near the driving seat of a car whilst intoxicated.
Steal their keys, buy them a taxi ride home and never let them forget the night their live very nearly fell apart. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Biggest problem is spotting the d*unk drivers. Some people drive so badly that they must be d*unk or on drugs, unfortunately not enough police cars on the road to stop them. They are too busy catching the "dangerous" speeders !! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Biggest problem is spotting the d*unk drivers. Some people drive so badly that they must be d*unk or on drugs, unfortunately not enough police cars on the road to stop them. They are too busy catching the "dangerous" speeders !!"
Are you saying speeding isn't dangerous? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In some circumstances no it isn't.
Put it this way, I'd prefer to have a car coming towards me at 80mph driven by a sober person rather than a d*unk or drugged up driver doing 40mph |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Our next door Neighbour is an Alcholic,around March this year he had a car,no license,tax,mot,insurance and used to drive all over,smashed out of his skull,14 times we reported him to the police with the reg,colour and make of car and where he was going and nothing done about it till,october of this year.And this is only because he lost control on the front street and hit 3 cars and wiped out the bus stop.So reporting it to the police ???? we still feel its the best thing to do but we were disgusted that they never caught him till that day,it couls of been a lot worse  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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And that is one if the problems with speed cameras! You could drink 20 pints of lager, smoke / inject as many drugs as you like and have a totally illegal car but drive past a speed camera within the limit and that driver gets away with it. If he was stopped by a police car he wouldn't ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Biggest problem is spotting the d*unk drivers. Some people drive so badly that they must be d*unk or on drugs, unfortunately not enough police cars on the road to stop them. They are too busy catching the "dangerous" speeders !!
Are you saying speeding isn't dangerous? "
on its own, no its not.
i personally have crashed whilst driving at 25 on a 40 road.
why? because the road was shite. slush, raining and so on, i was going too fast FOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS and thats the nub of it for me.
otherwise motor racing would be fatal if speed were so dangerous.
any forward momentum can be dangerous if you dont observe the road conditions ahead of you |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tougher penalties are needed !!
I lost my license for drink driving years ago and the judge really came down hard on me.
It changed my life for the better and im not sure a lesser punishment would have had the same effect and what a stupid idea about paying out as its our civic duty to report someone. |
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By *ev-PMan
over a year ago
Hampshire |
If you know someone is about to drive over the limit on booze, or out their head on drugs, and you know which is their vehicle, let down all their tyres till they are flat. No, they won't be happy but at least they won't be driving. No police, no accidents, no fines/bans etc. Then have a good go at them next day. Have done this before and it certainly makes them think twice  |
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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago
hertfordshire |
"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
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I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible agression |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There could be an argument that the punishment should be on a sliding scale though. If you are 5 times over the limit 1st offence you get 12 months ban, the same punishment that you get if you fail a breathalyser the morning after for being just over the limit ! |
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By *W69Couple
over a year ago
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"If you know someone is about to drive over the limit on booze, or out their head on drugs, and you know which is their vehicle, let down all their tyres till they are flat. No, they won't be happy but at least they won't be driving. No police, no accidents, no fines/bans etc. Then have a good go at them next day. Have done this before and it certainly makes them think twice "
Appreciate what your saying and can understand why but you run the risk of the idiot attempting to drive a car with flat tyres and d*unk which in itself is probably more dangerous than driving d*unk.
Think it's been said but if you know them or they were a guest...loose the keys  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible agression"
absolutely.
and i for one agree with them.
taxi drivers arent paid enough to put up with arseholes that cant handle their drink, so why should they.
people should take responsibility for their own actions.
going out for a drink? leave the car at home, go to your local, organise for a lift home beforehand or, better yet, if a group of friends, have one of you be the dezzy, that way you all get home safe, and rotate it every time you go out.
best nights out i have had have been when i have stayed totally sober and watched everyone else make an arse of themselves, although i dont drink anyway so am usually the dezzy, and its fine by me |
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That's how fucked this country is, successive Governments have succeeded so well in removing people's ideas of morals and ethics that it now requires a monetary reward to persuade people to do something that is morally and ethically right...go figure that one out |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"That's how fucked this country is, successive Governments have succeeded so well in removing people's ideas of morals and ethics that it now requires a monetary reward to persuade people to do something that is morally and ethically right...go figure that one out"
your right ........ should not take money and some will find out who grassed them up and beat the hell out of them it will all end up nasty.
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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago
hertfordshire |
"Oh and just to throw a spanner in the works! How do we deal with the sober drivers who are more dangerous on the roads than the d*unken ones ?? "
make them retest? some OAPS should not be driving either |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That's how fucked this country is, successive Governments have succeeded so well in removing people's ideas of morals and ethics that it now requires a monetary reward to persuade people to do something that is morally and ethically right...go figure that one out"
So if your caught drink driving your defence will be the government made me do it ? You can't blame them for everything. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible agression"
So what point was you trying to make when you said taxi drivers don't help ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"maybe the answer at xmas time is to make public transport cheaper to encourage them to not take the car"
I agree with this 100%, I live in a remote area and to go out and leave the car behind we have very limited time as the last bus and train is at 11pm... That should be extended over the xmas period and more. |
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"That's how fucked this country is, successive Governments have succeeded so well in removing people's ideas of morals and ethics that it now requires a monetary reward to persuade people to do something that is morally and ethically right...go figure that one out
So if your caught drink driving your defence will be the government made me do it ? You can't blame them for everything. "
How the fuck did you get that inference from my post, without taking a huge fucking leap of faith? Jeez, I swear a lot... |
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"That's how fucked this country is, successive Governments have succeeded so well in removing people's ideas of morals and ethics that it now requires a monetary reward to persuade people to do something that is morally and ethically right...go figure that one out"
And personal responsibility is the fault of the government ? Not for me it isn't.
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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago
hertfordshire |
"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible agression
So what point was you trying to make when you said taxi drivers don't help ? "
because that's why they take the car cos they cant get home |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible agression
So what point was you trying to make when you said taxi drivers don't help ?
because that's why they take the car cos they cant get home"
I'm a little confused , are you saying taxi drivers are wrong for not picking up d*unks ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Oh and just to throw a spanner in the works! How do we deal with the sober drivers who are more dangerous on the roads than the d*unken ones ?? "
i report them too |
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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago
hertfordshire |
"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible aggression
So what point was you trying to make when you said taxi drivers don't help ?
because that's why they take the car cos they cant get home
I'm a little confused , are you saying taxi drivers are wrong for not picking up d*unks ?"
not at all |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I personally think that all drivers should be re-assessed every 5 years irrespective of age. The dangerous ones could be banned until they pass another test. Simple  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible aggression
So what point was you trying to make when you said taxi drivers don't help ?
because that's why they take the car cos they cant get home
I'm a little confused , are you saying taxi drivers are wrong for not picking up d*unks ?
not at all"
Fairy nuff |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible agression
So what point was you trying to make when you said taxi drivers don't help ? "
My sister was a over night Taxi diver in Cambridge and she always said that when a taxi is booked and an address is given and anyone is sick in the car, that address gets the bill for the cleaning of the car, even if you pick someone up of the street they still have to give you an address to be dropped.
She always said that when d*unk you have an ability that you can't lie as you can't think quick on your feet so more often or not the address is always right and now Taxis have to be fitted with CCTV's. Her biggest problem was runners but she did catch up with some and phoned the police with address etc.
My ex was a taxi diver and he used to make them all pay up front if he was dropping to a club and having to pick them up again. If they ever became aggressive he would throw them out at the nearest police station.
What i am trying to say is that all taxi drivers react in different ways and personally i think they are in their right to refuse if you are rat arsed and can't stand.
And the best thing for the person who is going out to think about what is going to happen if i get pissed and how do i get home.....
Yes and little ole Hotruby has slept on a bus station bench before now  |
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By *ev-PMan
over a year ago
Hampshire |
"If you know someone is about to drive over the limit on booze, or out their head on drugs, and you know which is their vehicle, let down all their tyres till they are flat. No, they won't be happy but at least they won't be driving. No police, no accidents, no fines/bans etc. Then have a good go at them next day. Have done this before and it certainly makes them think twice
Appreciate what your saying and can understand why but you run the risk of the idiot attempting to drive a car with flat tyres and d*unk which in itself is probably more dangerous than driving d*unk.
Think it's been said but if you know them or they were a guest...loose the keys "
Totally understand what you mean but different situations require different actions. Maybe you know them/maybe not. Absolutely pissed/or couple pints. Call the cops/resolve it yourself. Steal their keys/or let tyres down. We can only do what we thinks right at the time. Anyway, it worked  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"taxi drivers don't help cos lots refuse to pick up d*unks
Would you allow someone who is d*unk into the back of your £36,000 vehicle ?
I know a lot of taxi drivers and they have all said they wouldn't ..due to throwing up and possible agression
So what point was you trying to make when you said taxi drivers don't help ?
My sister was a over night Taxi diver in Cambridge and she always said that when a taxi is booked and an address is given and anyone is sick in the car, that address gets the bill for the cleaning of the car, even if you pick someone up of the street they still have to give you an address to be dropped.
She always said that when d*unk you have an ability that you can't lie as you can't think quick on your feet so more often or not the address is always right and now Taxis have to be fitted with CCTV's. Her biggest problem was runners but she did catch up with some and phoned the police with address etc.
My ex was a taxi diver and he used to make them all pay up front if he was dropping to a club and having to pick them up again. If they ever became aggressive he would throw them out at the nearest police station.
What i am trying to say is that all taxi drivers react in different ways and personally i think they are in their right to refuse if you are rat arsed and can't stand.
And the best thing for the person who is going out to think about what is going to happen if i get pissed and how do i get home.....
Yes and little ole Hotruby has slept on a bus station bench before now "
slept in new street train station before now, cuz i couldnt get home. |
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A guy about 60 used to come in the shop I worked in every day stinking of drink. I never paid much attention as we weren't far from a pub till one day I saw him leave, get in a car and drive off with what I can only assume was his grandson sat in the passenger seat (it was about school kicking out time) so I took his registration and reported him. No idea if they tracked him down but I didn't see him again after that! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I reported my now ex husband while still married to him. He took my car ( already over the limit) and i knew where he would be drinking. If he had killed anyone I could never have forgiven myself. He got a 3 year ban, 300 hours community service and a fine. The last I heard he still does it so hasnt learnt his lesson. I would do it again if I had to and wouldnt need the cash incentive |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The simple truth is never ever get in a vehicle if alcohol has passed your lips. I was recently prosecuted my self. Not for drink driving but for being d*unk charge(never heard of that until then). Had a big bust up with a ex grabbed my duvet jumped into the passenger set of my van and feel asleep. Please passed an hour later saw me asleep knocked on the window asked what I was doing explained the situation said had had a argument asked if i had a drink I said yes but had no intention of driving though. keys in pocket just wanted to cool down and not be near her.Breatherlysed, Arrested and put in a cell. I have never been arrested or had points ever. My solicitor said to me plead guilty I guarantee you'll get 10 points. Plead not guilty it's 50/50 you'll get away with no points or get a 12 month ban which I couldn't afford as self employed. So took the 10 points. Never ever get in a vehicle if you have had a drink even if not driving.
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"The simple truth is never ever get in a vehicle if alcohol has passed your lips. I was recently prosecuted my self. Not for drink driving but for being d*unk charge(never heard of that until then). Had a big bust up with a ex grabbed my duvet jumped into the passenger set of my van and feel asleep. Please passed an hour later saw me asleep knocked on the window asked what I was doing explained the situation said had had a argument asked if i had a drink I said yes but had no intention of driving though. keys in pocket just wanted to cool down and not be near her.Breatherlysed, Arrested and put in a cell. I have never been arrested or had points ever. My solicitor said to me plead guilty I guarantee you'll get 10 points. Plead not guilty it's 50/50 you'll get away with no points or get a 12 month ban which I couldn't afford as self employed. So took the 10 points. Never ever get in a vehicle if you have had a drink even if not driving.
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yes I knew of this and not a lot do ........ some think its ok to sit in your car not driving just getting over drink you can't if you have the car keys .... now if car keys out side car you would not get done . |
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