Drink Driving

LegacyUser

Working as a barman on Xmas eve, had a few pints after work as you do, decided to drive the 500 meters home (literally) rather than walk. I'm normally an advocate of absolute zero when driving and I feel such a hypocrite and so guilty about what I've done. I don't know whether I can face people who've consciously done this and tell them not to ever again.

dudara

OK, there's no need to tell you what you did as you clearly know. The consequences could have been severe, but you weren't caught, so count yourself lucky there.

We all make mistakes at times. What really matters is if you learn from the mistake.

Relax and enjoy christmas. Count your lucky stars and learn.

EDIT: I'll just add this. It's very easy to judge - until you've been in sticky situations yourself. Then you learn to adjust your view to the situation. Things aren't always black and white.

LegacyUser

scoop123 wrote: »

Working as a barman on Xmas eve, had a few pints after work as you do, decided to drive the 500 meters home (literally) rather than walk. I'm normally an advocate of absolute zero when driving and I feel such a hypocrite and so guilty about what I've done. I don't know whether I can face people who've consciously done this and tell them not to ever again.

You are a hypocrite. If there was a possibility of drinking you should not have had a car with you. Drink causes inhibitions to fall. You also seem to have been so lazy as to have brought a car 500 meters to work in the first place. A combination of laziness and moral turpitude took hold of you. The next question is :- If you had been caught, would you have taken your punishment or gone looking for a solicitor to find a way out of it? How would you feel about serving the family of someone you had put into hospital through your driving?

Tony Broke

We all do stupid things, but for the love of god, never ever do that again.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

You don't judge a man by the mistakes he makes, you judge by how he reacts to them. Consider your remorse your penalty and don't do it again!

MagicMarker

OP, try not to beat yourself up about it. Yes, it was wrong and you shouldn't have done it, but at the end of the day nothing bad happened. It was a momentary lapse of judgement and you now know that you'll never do it again.

samhail

hypocrite or not m8... by advocating for people not to drink drive you are saving lives !

Do what i Say not what i Do

Firetrap

Be glad you didn't get caught by the guards or hurt someone. Don't beat yourself up for being a hypocrite but use it as a life lesson and vow never to do it again. Perhaps now you can empathise better with the folk who drink and drive.

Kirnsy

you certainly CAN advocate the never ever drink and drive message but make sure you arent giving the impression that youve never done it...

dont let it happen again man

Gone West

Get off your high horses and come back to the real world.
You're bashing a guy who knows he did something wrong, over breaking a small-ish Irish law.
The country I am in at the moment, I see people drink driving every day.
In fact I see people drinking while driving.

In some parts of Ireland, you will have 20 people leave a pub and drive home drunk on a saturday night.
Really its not the end of the world.
A bigger problem perhaps is why you drive 500 metres to work

By the way, he is not saving lives plural by advocating the never drink and drive message. There is a remote possibility that one persons telling that to people will save lives.

Tar.Aldarion

Just don't do it again, friend of mine died a few weeks ago drink driving, it's not worth the chance of killing yourself or another. Still advocate not doing it to others.

SAVE_ME.222

scoop123 wrote: »

Working as a barman on Xmas eve, had a few pints after work as you do, decided to drive the 500 meters home (literally) rather than walk. I'm normally an advocate of absolute zero when driving and I feel such a hypocrite and so guilty about what I've done. I don't know whether I can face people who've consciously done this and tell them not to ever again.

:eek: christ! You monster!

BankMan

I'd suggest some sort of symbolic "penance". Make a charitable donation, do some volunteer work etc. Restore your karma

Wibbs

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Kirnsy

FuzzyLogic wrote: »

Get off your high horses and come back to the real world.
You're bashing a guy who knows he did something wrong, over breaking a small-ish Irish law.
The country I am in at the moment, I see people drink driving every day.
In fact I see people drinking while driving.
In some parts of Ireland, you will have 20 people leave a pub and drive home drunk on a saturday night.
Really its not the end of the world.
A bigger problem perhaps is why you drive 500 metres to work

By the way, he is not saving lives plural by advocating the never drink and drive message. There is a remote possibility that one persons telling that to people will save lives.

tell that to the families who've lost someone because of it.

before you start accusing me of being on my high horse....i don't have a close relative who was killed etc but have some sensitivity towards people who might.

the fact that the OP is remorseful is well and good but he can't let it happen again.

finbarrk

scoop123 wrote: »

Working as a barman on Xmas eve, had a few pints after work as you do, decided to drive the 500 meters home (literally) rather than walk. I'm normally an advocate of absolute zero when driving and I feel such a hypocrite and so guilty about what I've done. I don't know whether I can face people who've consciously done this and tell them not to ever again.

If thats the only thing out of order that you will do over the Christmas I wouldn't be getting too bothered.
Once you got home ok and tell yourself you'll not do it again is all that matters.

seanybiker

Dont worry bout it boy. Ya got home ok and didnt hurt yourself or anyone else. I was at one of me mates houses last week and I had me bike outside his, on top of a hill right at the traffic lights, one of the girls told me I could leave it in her drive instead as it would be safer, brought it upto hers, about 200 yards if even and I got caught. Breathalysed then had to give urine or blood sample, as I didnt need to go to toilet I opted for the blood sample. Cops where dead sound and I had a chat and laugh with them about it. I presume Im off the road whenever it goes to court or whatever happens, dunno what happens was neve rin trouble before lol. Anyways its nott he end of the world for yourself or meself, if I get a year or two off the raod ill be delighted in a way cos Im trying to get into walking but having a bike I just dont walk anywhere, so if its gone from me it will give me the kick in the arse I need to walk a bit.

the glass woman

The driver of the car that hit me was driving the 500 meters distance from his house to the local. Six years on i still have chronic back pain and will never be able to give birth naturally, only by c section, as i found out when i had my son last year. Just one example of how behaviour like yours may impact others..