drink driving, would you do it?

forgodssake

Wouldnt do it ever. Nothing to with fines or getting caught . If i caused an accident and died or killed someone my kids would be left without a mother or some other families life completely ruined because of something avoidable .

alan partridge aha

weldoninhio wrote: »

You are a scumbag. A guy I know got hit by a drunk driver last Xmas and was left for dead. Wasn’t found until the next morning, was in a coma for months then passed away. I pray you, and anyone else that drink drives, hit a wall and suffer for the rest of your days. See how worth it drunk driving is.

Tnks for that very pleasant person you are. So is everybody that drinks and drives a scumbag. If they drink 1 is it ok. Or 2 or 3 where is your cut off point. If it's at 0 then there are alot of scumbags. Think you might have a few problems praying things like that. Kinda feel sorry for you.

LirW

I don't drink but never would driving drunk come into my mind.
My father was almost killed by a drunk driver, his best friend died in the very same accident.

I also got into an argument with my partner a while ago because he went to the pub with his dad and the dad was driving home with him after 3 pints, it was basically just down the road but I have no tolerance for that, you're not fit do drive after 3 pints.

TheAnalyst_

you're not fit do drive after 3 pints.

Almost certainly under the limit so, yeah you are.

_Dara_

Deleted User wrote: »

That's pretty much it. You did a cost benefit analysis and decided it was risk worth taking, as I and so many did back in the day.

The problem with that is the people who overestimate their fitness to drive. It's too nebulous to have as any kind of official policy.

harr

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Almost certainly under the limit so, yeah you are.

You would be lucky to pass a breath test after 3 pints , of course other factors would come into play like build and length of time the pints were drank in ..

FizzleSticks

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Dr Brown

The drink drive limit is so low now that many people don't realize that could be over the limit the next day after drinking only 3 or 4 pints.

razorblunt

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Absolutely not.

Anyone who would is an idiot. It’s simply not worth the risk.

Or real.

washman3

weldoninhio wrote: »

You are a scumbag.

Would you also class a driver texting as a scumbag.?
Its now reckoned to be 20 times more dangerous than drink-driving.

TheAnalyst_

harr wrote: »

You would be lucky to pass a breath test after 3 pints , of course other factors would come into play like build and length of time the pints were drank in ..

A pint as processed in an hour. So unless you hammered 3 in an hour and get tested at the very worst time then you'll be under. I've done a lot of tests and know how it is.

donegaLroad

FizzleSticks wrote: »

No way, although a colleague awkwardly told me how they're driving to go for a meal and they always have a "glass of wine" with their meal and they're "not sacrificing that because they're driving".

It would annoy me to have just one glass with a meal. I would much prefer to drink water with the meal, and have a bottle of red when I get home, rather to be hung for a lamb.

boardsuser1

2 pints on a moped in 2004, only time I done it. Haven’t drank in 13 years now.

Permabear

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emeldc

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

A pint as processed in an hour. So unless you hammered 3 in an hour and get tested at the very worst time then you'll be under. I've done a lot of tests and know how it is.

Ehhhh, I think you’ll find that’s 1 unit per hour, not 1 pint. A pint of lager is 2+ units. You might want to rethink your user name

MissShihTzu

No. Absolutely not and never would. I worked too long and hard and spent too much money to give up my licence over foolishness. If I've had a lot to drink the night before, I don't even drive the next day. Chances are, I would still be over the limit, and it's just not worth it. My husband doesn't drink anyway, so he would do the driving the next day.

Where I come from, if people saw you even try to leave in your car after drinking, the police would be called before you left. That is - if you weren't rugby-tackled to the ground and the keys taken from you first!

Permabear

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MissShihTzu

Permabear wrote: »

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Well - Like I said. I don't drink and drive, so the possibility of killing someone whilst on the sauce would be pretty close to zero. Therefore the licence would be a concern.

jbt123

MissShihTzu wrote: »

Where I come from, if people saw you even try to leave in your car after drinking, the police would be called before you left. That is - if you weren't rugby-tackled to the ground and the keys taken from you first!

Curious to know, where are you from? As I can't imagine any country where there this would be a common or frequent response to a person leaving a restaurant after a meal with a glass of wine.

Bit too much hyperbole methinks...

MissShihTzu

jbt123 wrote: »

Curious to know, where are you from? As I can't imagine any country where there this would be a common or frequent response to a person leaving a restaurant after a meal with a glass of wine.

Bit too much hyperbole methinks...

Methinks you're being deliberately obtuse. The last part of my comment was a joke in case you didn't realise. And yes - there are plenty of people where I am from who would call the police as soon as you left. Including me.

jbt123

MissShihTzu wrote: »

Methinks you're being deliberately obtuse. The last part of my comment was a joke in case you didn't realise. And yes - there are plenty of people where I am from who would call the police as soon as you left. Including me.

So do you call the Garda when you see it happening here in Ireland and if not, why so?

beechwood55

No.
I know someone who killed a child when they were drink driving.

MissShihTzu

jbt123 wrote: »

So do you call the Garda when you see it happening here in Ireland and if not, why so?

Started to answer the question, then got bored...I'm out.

Obi_Wan_Kenobi

No way, I have a rule that I don't have ANY alcohol when driving - even if I am under the limit ..

twowheelsonly

Have done before, as have most of the people that I know, but not for quite a long while. I'm mid-50s' so at one time it wasn't as anti-social despite the fact that the consequences were the same !!

Worst ever was on the piss all day in Dublin (straight after nights) - left Temple Bar around 8.30 pm and woke up in Ashbourne the next morning wondering how I got home only to see my motorbike helmet on the floor next to the bed. Zero recollection and I haven't done it since. Won't even have 'just the one' now.

Stonedpilot

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Absolutely not.

Anyone who would is an idiot. It’s simply not worth the risk.

You do realize they are drunk. Ie not thinking rationally. Don't decide to do it sober like. Knew a guard who lived in the sticks.He Drove drunk numerous times. Soundest lad you would meet sober. Drunk? An illogical madman.

Minderbinder

I haven’t done it in a long time. But to be honest I feel a lot more incompetent on the road when I get ‘that call’ in the small hours from someone asking for a lift home than I ever did driving after a few pints.

Cookie_Monster

Yeah, most fridays have a bottle or two after work and drive or cycle home.
A bottle an hour is fine to stay under the limit.

Stonedpilot

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Yeah, most fridays have a bottle or two after work and drive or cycle home.
A bottle an hour is fine to stay under the limit.

Bottle or two of what? Whiskey/vodka?. Bottle is ambiguous!.

Mr. CooL ICE

Never have.

Have driven hungover a few times and am not proud of it.