Drink And Driving

hitcher

Did You Ever Drink And Drive

AlmightyCushion

Do you ever reply to a thread you start?

The Real B-man

Yes 6 fanta oranges i know!!

patrickc

never in ireland , another country yes

Wertz

Yeah but I need to be very drunk, otherwise I have the sense not to...

[edit] I should add that the above is sarcasm. I won't even get into my own car after a bottle of beer.

ericl

hitcher wrote: »

Did You Ever Drink And Drive

Yes i had to, i was too drunk to walk.

Rb

No, never have and never will.

Those who do it though deserve to die.

biko

It's In The Poll

Bob the Builder

not the legal age for driving myself, but all the skangers in my locality do it. its only an accident waiting to happen...

afatbollix

i stupidly got into a car with a drunk once... silly silly me... did ring the cops once about a guy at a party i was at who was drunk and driving crazy all over the place... they never came.. heard he put it into a tree 2 weeks later

AlmightyCushion

anto-t wrote: »

i stupidly got into a car with a drunk once... silly silly me... did ring the cops once about a guy at a party i was at who was drunk and driving crazy all over the place... they never came.. heard he put it into a tree 2 weeks later

Wow he stayed drunk for 2 whole weeks, what a legend.

Random

By drink and drive do you mean had an alcoholic drink before driving or was over the legal limit when driving?

randylonghorn

random wrote: »

By drink and drive do you mean had an alcoholic drink before driving or was over the legal limit when driving?

Don't get technical on him, ffs!

buachaillbeoir

anyone in ireland would have to be mental to still drink and drive. Well anyone with a tv who has seen the anti-drink driving adds. there the most graphic ive ever seen!!!!!!!!1

Drank a bottle of coke while on a long cross country drive!

Red Alert

Nope, I'd either drink or leave the car at home. Much simpler when it's cut and dried like that, but I think in Ireland we are starting to wake up to that one.

Mr. CooL ICE

I never drink when I have had shots. 8 pints and I'm grand...

buachaillbeaoir wrote:

anyone in ireland would have to be mental to still drink and drive. Well anyone with a tv who has seen the anti-drink driving adds. there the most graphic ive ever seen!!!!!!!!1

Yeah, thats the only reason why people don't drink and drive these days :rolleyes:

SheroN

sometimes i might have a glass of wine with a meal and drive an hour or two later. That's about it. Drove after a bottle of beer a few times too.

ellenmelon

never have and never would. you're a feckin' eejit if you do :mad:

Bendihorse

No, never. Dont really see the point in having ONE then driving home, why not just be designated driver and have water or something else, even one drink is not worth the bother of wondering and guessing am i over the limit.

Is it the case that if you are involved in an accident and have consumed alcohol (but are not over the limit) you are open to conviction for driving while under the infulence of alcohol? Not sure where i heard that, but as far as im aware, its taken into account...

Pat Short

Morning after. Didnt know i was that bad.

Drove down to meeting place a for a hurling match. I and a nother fella manage the team and for a bit of craic we sometimes bring down a breathaliser and do a few random checks.

Anyway the meeting place is only half a mile away from the house. When i got down there the players started into me about the smell of drink of me. I took a blow into the breathaliser, came up 6 times over the limit.

Whoops

ScumLord

I did it once in Ireland when I was about 20, never again. I scared the **** out of meself.

Typical of boards, everyone criticising something they've never tried. It's great fun, everyone should do it once in their lives.

Heisenberg.

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Jigsaw

The Scientist wrote: »

You're an Idiot. Sorry Dudess/Terry but he's an Idiot.

Erm, sarcasm maybe?

Heisenberg.

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da1&only

I did once and paid the price,i crashed the car.lesson learned the hard way,dont know what i was thinking to be honest.just glad no one was hurt.

Rb

I'd like to see the limit reduced to 0 and more Garda checkpoints, particularly outside pubs in the country and on the outskirts of Dublin city.

Want to have a drink?Leave the car at home.
Want to drive? Leave the drink alone.

It's not that hard and as I said before, anyone who wants to drink drive deserves to wrap themselves around a tree and be left in a wheelchair for the rest of their life.

ojewriej

There should be another option in the poll:

c: Can't remember

Terry

rb_ie wrote: »

I'd like to see the limit reduced to 0 and more Garda checkpoints, particularly outside pubs in the country and on the outskirts of Dublin city.

Want to have a drink?Leave the car at home.
Want to drive? Leave the drink alone.

It's not that hard and as I said before, anyone who wants to drink drive deserves to wrap themselves around a tree and be left in a wheelchair for the rest of their life.

That's a cute little slogan.

Mossy Monk

rb_ie wrote: »

Want to have a drink?Leave the car at home.
Want to drive? Leave the drink alone.

You should send that to Gay Byrne

SheroN

rb_ie wrote: »

I'd like to see the limit reduced to 0 and more Garda checkpoints, particularly outside pubs in the country and on the outskirts of Dublin city.

Want to have a drink?Leave the car at home.
Want to drive? Leave the drink alone.

It's not that hard and as I said before, anyone who wants to drink drive deserves to wrap themselves around a tree and be left in a wheelchair for the rest of their life.

I don't see the problem with having a glass of wine while eating a meal and then driving.

Wertz

Mossy Monk wrote: »

You should send that to Gay Byrne

Aye but drop the "have a" from the first line....it flows better that way.

As for 0 blood alcohol, unworkable and should NOT be introduced. Lower the limit to 50mg certainly, but 0 is open to innocent drivers being fined/banned.
That said, how about we stop people under current rules (80mg), especially foreign reg cars with people, including the driver, openly drinking whilst driving? We can't implement the law as it stands now, so why lower the tolerance even furhter?

Lawless_Samurai

Never would do it. Find its more lax down the country mainly because people live far away from towns and pubs. If I had the choice of walking for an hour to get home or drive it in 10 mins I'd walk ever time. Its just not worth it.



Has anybody or does anybody smoke cannabis and drive??? Have alot of friends who would never ever drink and drive but would have no bother having a few smokes and drive. Is it the same???

bantee

I think the drink driving happens a bit more regularly in the quieter country areas opposed to built-up towns or cities.
I used to do it now and again when I lived near the local country pub, but because of all the road deaths and clamp-down by the Gardai, I never do it any more.

I think the alcohol-testing the morning after a night out is a complete joke though.
Most people are well able to drive perfectly in the morning even though it hasn't fully left their system.

TwoShedsJackson

Poll is missing a crucial option.

Lawless_Samurai

which is...?

Jay D

I once robbed a helicopter drunk, made it from celbridge to the phoenix park before crashing into a squirrel and coming down at the Ashtown gate, handy really.

JohnCleary

It's all the rage in Milan

JimmyCrackCorn!

Nanny state crap.

Fix the roads first remove trees at roadsides and put in soft mud banks where possible. Any twat who gets in a car with 10pints on board deserves what's coming. With any luck they wont take anyone innocent with them.
Driving like a twat will kill you a hell of a lot quicker than two pints.

bitemybanger

Answer is yes but not for years and never again.
Just home from Spain and alot of the locals go out for a night, get hammerd and drive home:eek:

pickarooney

Bendihorse wrote: »

Dont really see the point in having ONE

That's rather an unhealthy attitude to alcohol, no?

Ginny

Never have, never will.

Ponster

Can't drive.

keen

Nope and never will.

rossie1977

anyone drinking and driving are not only putting their own life at risk but the lives of countless other innocent people

only once have i ever been in a car where the driver had drank a few pints. it was our last night in college in athlone and he drove us (me and his incredibly hot girlfriend ) into town (for anyone that knows athlone its about 1.5-2 miles from the IT to Bozos nightclub)

hopefully i will never be stupid enough again to enter a car where the driver has taken drink

Mr. CooL ICE

rossie1977 wrote: »

the driver had drank a few pints. it was our last night in college in athlone and he drove us (me and his incredibly hot girlfriend ) into town

So that 'just one drink can impair driving' isn't true? Drink driving does attract chicks?



*downs bottle of vodka and reaches for keys*

Holsten

Never have, never will.

toiletduck

I enjoy an hour or two of Gran Turismo after a few cans. I wish the Nany state would just back off :mad:

Mr. CooL ICE

toiletduck wrote: »

I enjoy an hour or two of Gran Turismo after a few cans. I wish the Nany state would just back off :mad:

Drink all you want there, the guards are lazy and will never catch you. Need For Speed is where you ought to be careful though

AlmightyCushion

I actually do a lot better in ace combat 3 after a few cans. God only knows how much better I would be after a bottle of whiskey or two.