Should I tell the Gardaí about a habitual drink driver?

Ahhhh for forks sake!

My auntie's partner is an ex-Garda. They live with my aunties's two sons in a rural place on the Galway / Roscommon border area.

He regularly gets into his car after five of six pints and drives home.

It's been going on for a number of years and I'm sick of it. I'm up in Dublin myself and I was visiting them a while back. I was shocked when he got in the car and went to drive after five pints we had each. I refused to get into the car and walked back. It didn't go down well and he was very offended and thought I was a bit odd when I arrived back later on after him.

Is there any point reporting it to the Gardaí? Will he get caught? Will they even care? I think it's a bit hypocritical that he would have been prosecuting people for doing the same when he was a serving Garda but blatantly disregards the rules himself.

Would you report him if you were in my position? Is it really any of my business or am I just being a busy body? He's about 100 kg, 200 cm tall and won't drive after more than five or six. The roads are empty and isolated.

My auntie knows that he drink drives with her sons (the are 18 and 21 BTW).

colm_mcm

Simple answer is yes, but it’s not impossible that he wouldn’t find out who reported him.

sorollo

Ahhhh for forks sake! wrote: »

My auntie's partner is an ex-Garda. They live with my aunties's two sons in a rural place on the Galway / Roscommon border area.

He regularly gets into his car after five of six pints and drives home.

It's been going on for a number of years and I'm sick of it. I'm up in Dublin myself and I was visiting them a while back. I was shocked when he got in the car and went to drive after five pints we had each. I refused to get into the car and walked back. It didn't go down well and he was very offended and thought I was a bit odd when I arrived back later on after him.

Is there any point reporting it to the Gardaí? Will he get caught? Will they even care? I think it's a bit hypocritical that he would have been prosecuting people for doing the same when he was a serving Garda but blatantly disregards the rules himself.

Would you report him if you were in my position? Is it really any of my business or am I just being a busy body? He's about 100 kg, 200 cm tall and won't drive after more than five or six. The roads are empty and isolated.

My auntie knows that he drink drives with her sons (the are 18 and 21 BTW).

They live in a rural area.
Leave the poor man in peace.
He is doing no harm to himself or to anyone else.

If you do report him think if the hardship you will be putting on your poor auld auntie.

In fact you are very unfair in your thinking.
You live in Dublin where the public transport is second to none and you expect the poor auld man to give up his way of life.

Selfish is what I would call you

For Forks Sake

Ahhhh for forks sake! wrote: »

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What's going on here, have I been cloned? Hacked by Russians?

AndyBoBandy

sorollo wrote: »

He is doing no harm to himself or to anyone else.

Until he kills someone while driving over the legal limit.


Report Him, you might not know it, but you could be saving someone’s life 5-10 years down the line.

SCOOP 64

Could have been stopped before but being a ex guard just told to drive on.

Ahhhh for forks sake!

For Forks Sake wrote: »

What's going on here, have I been cloned? Hacked by Russians?

Jaysus howya pal :P

GM228

For Forks Sake wrote: »

What's going on here, have I been cloned?

Definately a clone, the genetic specialist said something about making improvements

Joeseph Balls

There's no such thing as a retired guard

GM228

sorollo wrote: »

They live in a rural area.
Leave the poor man in peace.
He is doing no harm to himself or to anyone else.

If you do report him think if the hardship you will be putting on your poor auld auntie.

In fact you are very unfair in your thinking.
You live in Dublin where the public transport is second to none and you expect the poor auld man to give up his way of life.

Selfish is what I would call you

Oh dear...

I really hope that's sarcasm.

ED E

Report him to traffic watch. Ask for the pulse number. Going through castlebar the locals can't disappear it.

Ubbquittious

These threads usually end well.

minidazzler

5 or 6 pints in what space of time? If 2 hours its bad craic. If 3 its not good. If 4 + then I'd say stop being a busy body. I personally wouldnt drink drive but i live very close to the city. There just isn't a need. But i know I'm not exactly a danger after 5 pints in 3 hours.

Dog walker 1234

One or two pints I could turn a blind eye. Five pints, that is really taking the piss.

sorollo

Dog walker 1234 wrote: »

One or two pints I could turn a blind eye. Five pints, that is really taking the piss.

What colour is his car so to speak?

theballz

Absolutely you should. You’ll be saving someone’s life

corks finest

What a stupid question,of fecking course you should,ask any parent/sibling/friend of anyone ploughed by a drunken bastard

Ahhhh for forks sake!

sorollo wrote: »

What colour is his car so to speak?

What?

selectamatic

A man that size who regularly drinks pints at a steady pace would have a good chance of passing a breathalyser test after 5 pints.

Sleeper12

minidazzler wrote:

5 or 6 pints in what space of time? If 2 hours its bad craic. If 3 its not good. If 4 + then I'd say stop being a busy body. I personally wouldnt drink drive but i live very close to the city. There just isn't a need. But i know I'm not exactly a danger after 5 pints in 3 hours.

It takes an hour to get the effect a half pint out of your system. 5 pints = 10 hours. You are definitely not safe to drive after 3 hours

6541

Wft keep out of it. None of your bees wax

jimbobaloobob

sorollo wrote: »

They live in a rural area.
Leave the poor man in peace.
He is doing no harm to himself or to anyone else.

If you do report him think if the hardship you will be putting on your poor auld auntie.

In fact you are very unfair in your thinking.
You live in Dublin where the public transport is second to none and you expect the poor auld man to give up his way of life.

Selfish is what I would call you

Doing no harm, until some one gets killed.

ED E

6541 wrote: »

Wft keep out of it. None of your bees wax

There are thousands of graves in this country due to that mentality.

bazz26

6541 wrote: »

Wft keep out of it. None of your bees wax

sorollo wrote: »

They live in a rural area.
Leave the poor man in peace.
He is doing no harm to himself or to anyone else.

If you do report him think if the hardship you will be putting on your poor auld auntie.

In fact you are very unfair in your thinking.
You live in Dublin where the public transport is second to none and you expect the poor auld man to give up his way of life.

Selfish is what I would call you

1950s Ireland called to congratulate you both on your posts.

CrankyHaus

A matter of conscience versus prudence.
Reporting him might save a life, possibly his.
It might just cause a world of trouble if he finds out who reported him.
Most likely nothing would result from it, good or bad.

jimbobaloobob

personal experience of it back in January, car i was driving behind in a very rural area was all over the road, thought first he was sending a text then realised every time we met oncoming cars he would be heavy on the breaks.

Very little i could do and remain safe except to flash oncoming traffic to be alert.
Rang the gardai and had them drive to meet me on route
People like that have no regard for themselves or others. Zero tolerance.

jimbobaloobob

CrankyHaus wrote: »

A matter of conscience versus prudence.
Reporting him might save a life, possibly his.
It might just cause a world of trouble if he finds out who reported him.
Most likely nothing would result from it, good or bad.

what trouble could it cause if he found out?

Mam of 4

CrankyHaus wrote: »

A matter of conscience versus prudence.
Reporting him might save a life, possibly his.
It might just cause a world of trouble if he finds out who reported him.
Most likely nothing would result from it, good or bad.

Causing a world of trouble instead of a lifetime of pain and heartache if he accidentally killed someone while drink drinking , quite possibly even himself and/or his sons , would be the right thing to do .

CrankyHaus

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

what trouble could it cause if he found out?

Mainly family trouble.
The other kind is less likely but Guards look out for each other and I wouldn't feel totally comfortable telling them about an ex member breaking the law.

minidazzler

Sleeper12 wrote: »

It takes an hour to get the effect a half pint out of your system. 5 pints = 10 hours. You are definitely not safe to drive after 3 hours

How scientific.... i wouldn't be legal to drive. I would be safe to. I never have done or have had to do. As i live in the city. But i would be safe and sober enough.

Ahhhh for forks sake!

minidazzler wrote: »

How scientific.... i wouldn't be legal to drive. I would be safe to. I never have done or have had to do. As i live in the city. But i would be safe and sober enough.

Read it again. :rolleyes: How any pints have you processed so far? :pac:

Schorpio

The most damning part of all this is that OP walked back after refusing to get into the car. So, the distance is walkable but yet he still chooses to drive.

Ahhhh for forks sake!

Schorpio wrote: »

The most damning part of all this is that OP walked back after refusing to get into the car. So, the distance is walkable but yet he still chooses to drive.

It's about 5 km actually. Your point is still valid though.

Sleeper12

minidazzler wrote:

How scientific.... i wouldn't be legal to drive. I would be safe to. I never have done or have had to do. As i live in the city. But i would be safe and sober enough.

Sober enough isn't safe. You need to be sober to drive.

xabi

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

Doing no harm, until some one gets killed.

Or loses an eye

xabi

selectamatic wrote: »

A man that size who regularly drinks pints at a steady pace would have a good chance of passing a breathalyser test after 5 pints.

What size?

Henry Ford III

No justication for driving home after a few beers. It's selfish, ignorant, dangerous, and illegal.

Widdensushi

xabi wrote: »

What size?

100kilo and 2 meters tall in the op