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New Pub Opens....

  • 21-01-2014 6:13pm
    #1
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭


    At a UK motorway service station.

    http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/20/first-motorway-pub-temptation-drivers-wetherspoon-m40-services

    I would assume most of the punters are those who are passengers, or someone changing roles from driver to passenger, or alot of their sales would be soft drinks or meals.

    But it still has to be a dodgy combination. I can also see the motorway police nabbing a few convictions from someone who thought they were fine after a single pint.


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  • #2
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Not gonna be a worry in Ireland.

    M6 only has 1 rest/fuel stop for 200+km


  • #3
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    That's such a stupid idea. They're asking for trouble!!


  • #4
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Great idea, we should implement it here.
    Pub grub for lunch (even with a cordial/coffee instead of a few pints!) is always welcome mid journey


  • #5
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    You can buy alcohol in German service stations on their autobahns. Have had a beer with lunch many times when I was living over there. Don't recall any major havoc/carnage/mayhem caused by this policy.

    To be fair they have a more mature approach to alcohol over there, but in the Uk you'll find a pub within a mile or two of most exits, so I dooubt it's going to encourage people to specifically drive onto a motorway with the intention of buying beer.


  • #6
    spank_inferno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    I don't see the problem.

    It is possible to sit in a pub without consuming alcohol.

    I'm sure the police will keep an eye on the place.

    Free will & all that.


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  • #7
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    Just about every pub in this country is on a road, many have car parks......yet people are getting in a lather because it's a motorway. :confused:


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