My first "blowjob"

peasant

This evening, for the first time in 12 years driving on Irish roads I had to blow into a breathalyser ...mandatory check, roadblock, the works.


...and yes ...she was good looking (the garda).

How many times have you been breathalysed?

Berty

Once in Australia.

I have never even seen one done in Ireland.

KamiKazi

Twice, in over seven years of being on the road.

Compare breath checks to the amount of speed checks around..... I don't think anyone around here has any disillusions as to which makes the roads safer.

cormie

Think about 5 myself so far and I don't even drink :rolleyes:

whippet

I reckon about twenty or thirty times at this stage !!! running the gauntlet from picking friends and family up from parties and late nights !!! good job I rarely drink during the football season !

bladebrew

i nearly fell off my chair when i read the thread title:eek:
after hours>>>>

have never been breathalysed, i have only heard of it happening one person in cork,at 11am on a weekday,strange time to be doing it,

JHMEG

3 times, ZERO each time. If you are driving on a Friday evening your chances of being breathalysed are pretty high.

murraymarmalade

1 time in 20 yrs now that you ask.

not good enough in fairness is it?

smcgiff

As above - never even seen it done.

carmel27

Twice, in the space of two wks, when the random breath testing first came in. The first time, the garda was an auld lad, in his late 50s. He handed me the breathalyser, and read out the whole "failure to comply" malarky, and then told me to "wrap your lips around that and blow into it". I got an awful fit of laughing, and he probably thought I was drunk! He wasnt impressed when it shoed that Id no alcohol consumed that evening!

sudo911

Once before, but couldnt keep blowing to take a reading... have asthma and once I produced my inhaler - was sent on my way! :rolleyes:

Basq

I've been driving over a year and a half now, and have never been breathalyzed or stopped for tax, NCT check etc.

Not that I'd ever drive under the influence or having out-of-date tax however.. but maybe I'm just driving on the right roads.. or wrong roads depending on how you look at it!

KamiKazi

sudo911 wrote: »

Once before, but couldnt keep blowing to take a reading... have asthma and once I produced my inhaler - was sent on my way! :rolleyes:

Well in fairness, would have you preferred being brought back to the station for a blood / urine test? The Garda in this case used his common sense IMO.

Alanstrainor

At least once, i'm trying to remember if there was a second time...:p

Hogzy

Once, Im driving 6yrs now. Funny thing is its quite common for me to be driving late at night between 12am and 3am yet especially in and out of Cort City center.

Anyone else find that in Cork theyre rarely doing breath checks between CC and Douglas.

Drummerboy08

3 or 4 times. Twice in Wexford town, once on the main Rosslare road, and once in Dublin.

Del2005

Have only had to do it once in 14 years.

Came across one of the super checkpoints on the N81 around Christmas. I was in the driving lane with loads of other cars. When they spotted the checkpoint all went into the overtaking lane, I stayed where I was. Everyone else got stopped I was waved on.

unkel

Never in this country

byte

Only been breathalysed once, in the space of about 7 years driving.

That once, was about 8.30am between Ballybofey and Letterkenny midweek. I dunno why they're breathtesting midweek on a morning, why not late at night or early morning? The conspiracy theorist in me would assume they're hoping to catch out people who had a few the previous night?

jimmycrackcorm

Twice at 8am in the morning.

lfp

7 ish on a tuesday evening. I nearly asked the Garda did he really think he'd nab anyone at that time frame on a boring Tuesday, kept my mouth shut though! One and only time.

baldbear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXCOUFqzLhc

Once when i was on holidays!

Lurching

Twice, in almost ten years driving.

Once out in Askeaton at about 11 PM and once at the Ballycashin roundabout in waterford at midday.

Voodoomelon

JHMEG wrote: »

3 times, ZERO each time. If you are driving on a Friday evening your chances of being breathalysed are pretty high.

I'm usually out driving Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, never been stopped!

Bassfish

Twice in 10 years on the road, driving most weekends.

gsxr1

15year and never. wow. Garda must love my hiace

Dublenguy

Never in 12 years of driving. Road deaths have come down a lot recently so I would have no grumble about being asked for a breath sample.

adamshred

been driving around a year and a half in Dublin and I've never been breathalysed. I drive pretty much every day at varying times, but mostly late at night coming home from the lads houses or whatever.

I've encountered possibly 6 or 7 checkpoints in all this time and I've been pulled over once on a random check with no hassle whatsoever.

IMHO - If they wanted to combat drink driving with serious force they really could enforce more breathalysing checkpoints.

challengemaster

Driving about 2 years, but put up a lot of milage in saying that, and at all hours/across the country. Never breath tested.

I find it hilarious though. Town I lived in most of my life - between 12-1 if you wandered around the town on a fri/sat night, there wouldn't be a parking space to hand(12 pubs or so over a mile stretch). Go out again at 4, there's about 15-20 cars max in the town. Ridiculous tbh

bad2dabone

Never in 15 years on the road.

Victor

byte wrote: »

That once, was about 8.30am between Ballybofey and Letterkenny midweek. I dunno why they're breathtesting midweek on a morning, why not late at night or early morning? The conspiracy theorist in me would assume they're hoping to catch out people who had a few the previous night?

Not so much the people who have had a few, more the types who've had a bucketload and/or whatever dubious substances were available.

Mimikyu

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Töpher

Once, about 4 years ago. Regularly on the roads around Dublin late night/early mornings, would have expected it to be more to be honest.

L1011

Constantly. I clearly look untrustworthy*. And my car (Fiat Panda 100 - boyracer yet obscure at the same time) is even more untrustworthy. I've been blipped twice in the same journey - checkpoint at the then Lucan traffic lights and outside Lidl Maynooth (still a common location)

I'd be surprised if there someone in Ireland thats done more breath tests than me that doesn't own a Civic or Starlet/Glanza and isn't over the age of 17!

* I do also have a habit of driving (sober!) back from nightclubs and parties at 3-6am.

nkay1985

One the roads about 6 years and never been breathalysed and I'd drive at obscure times because of work patterns and also my insomnia.

h3000

sudo911 wrote: »

Once before, but couldnt keep blowing to take a reading... have asthma and once I produced my inhaler - was sent on my way! :rolleyes:

[rant]I suffer from asthma quite badly but never had a problem blowing into the breathalyser. I think the "I have asthma" excuse is used a bit too often.[/rant]

BTW: Twice in eleven years driving.

undergroundeye

I was back in ireland for a month last year. I was breathalysed twice, (once in Cork City and again just outside a small village on the way to West Cork) also in the car when my friend was breathalysed.
I'm all for it:D

colm_mcm

Valentines day last year was the only time.



Breathalyser like..

sean1141

got tested 3 times in the space of half an hour by the same guard in portlaoise one night after it was brought in first. got tested twice more after that i think. havent been tested in years now but then again i was doing bouncing for a good while and the guards would know ya!

Duckjob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNdeLiV9Jz8

Never been breathalized in over 15 yrs driving.

JamBur

I was only thinking about this myself recently. I've never even been asked for my license in Ireland, never mind breathalysed, in 11 years of driving. I spent 2 years in Romania and had my license checked there about 4 or 5 times and I was breathalysed twice.

trout

I'm 20 years driving, never been breathalysed, even when I was working odd hours, late nights, and weekends ... well over 20K some years.

Stopped for tax/insurance checks at least once a year.

Speed traps at least once a month.

cjmcork

I drive from Cork to Dublin twice a week (for the past 2 + years), so have done over 80k kms in the past 2 years.............and never once been stopped, been on the road for the past 12 years.........

johndaman66

challengemaster wrote: »

I find it hilarious though. Town I lived in most of my life - between 12-1 if you wandered around the town on a fri/sat night, there wouldn't be a parking space to hand(12 pubs or so over a mile stretch). Go out again at 4, there's about 15-20 cars max in the town. Ridiculous tbh

Thats something I have pondered about also once or twice as such is the scenario in my own local town also, albeit with a lot more pubs. Strange thing is you would seldom see people ordering a soft drink in the bars. It just doesn't really add up to me either.

Have being breath tested 3 times in over eight years of driving at over 20k miles per annum and would be on the road late in evenings/ at night at weekends quite a lot from time to time. Could understand how it would be impossible for somebody with asthma to provide a specimen...it was tough going for me to get that beep!

shamrock105

never personally but i do know a friend of a friend who, when the garda reached out with the breathalyser, sucked on it.

moron

Tefral

8 Years driving and havent been tested.

I always get waved through, guess of all things "boyracer" cars arent seen as "drunkin drivers"

Voodoomelon

I work in a certain place 12 miles or so from the border and over 90% of northerners who come in have driven down, and drive home after drinking all night. I've seen it for over 12 years and none of them seem to ever have been stopped.

CR 7

Twice in 4 years. Both the same night, in the same town, about 45 seconds apart, second garda didn't believe me when i said i'd already done it, even though i assume they knew about the other checkpoint. Both results zero of course. :pac:

Cookie_Monster

stopped 3 times to have it done but only did it twice. third time was 5 mins after second time and said I'd just done it and got let off.

peasant

There seems to be a pattern emerging:

- nobody seems to have an issue with being tested
- nobody seems to have been tested with the frequency you would expect, considering their amount of driving.

Yet

An average of 250 drivers are arrested each week for driving while under the influence of an intoxicant in the Republic of Ireland

http://www.rte.ie/news/features/roadsafety/roadsafetyissues.html

So, how many thousands are there every day, driving around drunk undedected?

freighter

I was about 10 years ago in leitrim. I was over the limit only slightly. They took me to the station where i blew in to the big machine and i passed on it. Needless to say i never drove again after drink and never will..