Drink driving-virtue signaling gone mad

Bobtheman · 24-03-2019 02:49PM #1

I realise we have to have laws on this but to be honest I wonder if the checkpoints in the morning should be done way with ? Or perhaps less checkpoints overall?

I honestly think its ok to drive a short distance (1-3 miles) with 3 pints. There I said it . We allow people to drink heavily which is always a health risk but seem hell bent on persecuting people with a few pints? Im talking about rural areas.

No I dont drive drunk. Never have.

suicide_circus · 24-03-2019 02:50PM

you the man, bob

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 24-03-2019 02:50PM

Bobtheman wrote: »

I realise we have to have laws on this but to be honest I wonder if the checkpoints in the morning should be done way with ? Or perhaps less checkpoints overall?

I honestly think its ok to drive a short distance (1-3 miles) with 3 pints. There I said it . We allow people to drink which is always a health risk but seem hell bent on persecuting people with a few pints? Im talking about rural areas.

No I dont drive drunk. Never have.

Who's drinking the three pints, though?

I know people who are fine on four or five pints. I know people who are twisted after one and a half. And that's before we start taking into account the strength of what they're drinking. The range can be anything from 4% to 7% alcohol on some of the stuff you can buy in the supermarket.

There has to be some universal denominator.

super_furry · 24-03-2019 02:51PM

Ah Jackie, tis yourself. How's the bauld Michael?

Sonics2k · 24-03-2019 02:51PM

IMO there should be more checkpoints until all the selfish, irresponsible drunk drivers are locked up.

I've lost too many friends over the years as the result of drunk drivers, so to hell with anyone who makes up their phoney excuse.

Skylinehead · 24-03-2019 02:52PM

What does virtue signalling have to do with anything here OP?

People who overuse this American ****e should be shot into the sun.

vandriver · 24-03-2019 02:54PM

'...I've lost too many friends over the years as the result of drunk drivers...'

Really?

Bobtheman · 24-03-2019 02:55PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

IMO there should be more checkpoints until all the selfish, irresponsible drunk drivers are locked up.

I've lost too many friends over the years as the result of drunk drivers, so to hell with anyone who makes up their phoney excuse.

Really?

Pissartist · 24-03-2019 02:55PM

Bobtheman wrote: »

I realise we have to have laws on this but to be honest I wonder if the checkpoints in the morning should be done way with ? Or perhaps less checkpoints overall?

I honestly think its ok to drive a short distance (1-3 miles) with 3 pints. There I said it . We allow people to drink heavily which is always a health risk but seem hell bent on persecuting people with a few pints? Im talking about rural areas.

No I dont drive drunk. Never have.

I agree, speed and stupidity cause Most crash's

Bobtheman · 24-03-2019 02:56PM

We lose people in all sort of ways. Why hammer drink drivers in particular?

Balanadan · 24-03-2019 02:57PM

I remember the old days, about 5 years ago, when you could go down the pub on a Friday after work, have four or five pints, and drive home not a bother. Simpler times.

CoBo55 · 24-03-2019 02:57PM

Nixonbot wrote: »

What does virtue signalling have to do with anything here OP?

People who overuse this American ****e should be shot into the sun.

Em... What does virtue signalling mean?

24-03-2019 02:58PM

Now it's virtue signalling to object to drunk driving? It's right up there with snowflake as both an overused and ill-advisedly used term.

suicide_circus · 24-03-2019 02:58PM

until they come up with a conclusive test of a persons actual impairment we have to go with the blunt tool blood level test

CoBo55 · 24-03-2019 03:00PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

until they come up with a conclusive test of a persons actual impairment we have to go with the blunt tool blood level test

They have, it's used regularly in the US, walk a straight line, count backwards etc etc.

Steve · 24-03-2019 03:00PM

Disable all mobile data if the user is travelling over 5kph...

Watch the road deaths drop.

Timberrrrrrrr · 24-03-2019 03:01PM

Bobtheman wrote: »

I realise we have to have laws on this but to be honest I wonder if the checkpoints in the morning should be done way with ? Or perhaps less checkpoints overall?

I honestly think its ok to drive a short distance (1-3 miles) with 3 pints. There I said it . We allow people to drink heavily which is always a health risk but seem hell bent on persecuting people with a few pints? Im talking about rural areas.

No I dont drive drunk. Never have.

And if someone did this and killed a member of your family you would be ok with them not being prosecuted because they had only had the 3 pints and driving a short distance?

suicide_circus · 24-03-2019 03:01PM

CoBo55 wrote: »

They have, it's used regularly in the US, walk a straight line, count backwards etc etc.

yeah not sure how conclusive it is, why is it not used here?

CoBo55 · 24-03-2019 03:01PM

Steve wrote: »

Disable all mobile data if the user is travelling over 5kph...

Watch the road deaths drop.

Not great for the passengers though..

Triceratops Ballet · 24-03-2019 03:02PM

Bobtheman wrote:

Really?

I would think even 1 friend lost to the actions of a selfish gob$hite who puts their desire to have a pint or three above the lives of others is too many friends lost to drink drivers.

Drink driving is selfish, and if anything there should be more checkpoints on rural roads especially.

Sleeper12 · 24-03-2019 03:06PM

Bobtheman wrote:

I honestly think its ok to drive a short distance (1-3 miles) with 3 pints. There I said it . We allow people to drink heavily which is always a health risk but seem hell bent on persecuting people with a few pints? Im talking about rural areas.

Why only 1-3 miles? Why not 10 to 30 miles? What is the difference. You could easily walk 1-3 miles.

Steve · 24-03-2019 03:06PM

CoBo55 wrote: »

Not great for the passengers though..

Really?

Less crashes = less passengers dead... How is that not good?

lalababa · 24-03-2019 03:07PM

Bobtheman wrote: »

I realise we have to have laws on this but to be honest I wonder if the checkpoints in the morning should be done way with ? Or perhaps less checkpoints overall?

I honestly think its ok to drive a short distance (1-3 miles) with 3 pints. There I said it . We allow people to drink heavily which is always a health risk but seem hell bent on persecuting people with a few pints? Im talking about rural areas.

No I dont drive drunk. Never have.

If one is over the .05 limit and they are bagged and sanctioned so be it. BTW checkpoints are few and far between.
If one is under the .05 but has had a few pints so be it.. they are grand. It's these fools who see a person having a few pints and driving concluding 'aah sure he's a terrible drunk driving sub human'
And that idiotic phrase 'drink driving' being used instead of drunk driving or over the limit.
I'm amazed given this country's drink history and culture that the general public AND the powers that be have been brainwashed in this area.

Timberrrrrrrr · 24-03-2019 03:07PM

Steve wrote: »

Really?

Less crashes = less passengers dead... How is that not good?

What about people on buses?

Sonics2k · 24-03-2019 03:08PM

Bobtheman wrote: »

Really?

Yup. Each one would have been avoided had the drivers been sober.

sk8erboii · 24-03-2019 03:10PM

Incredibly low IQ op

Steve · 24-03-2019 03:12PM

To be clear, I do not condone driving whilst incapacitated either by alcohol, narcotics, or sheer stupidity, however the political drive to be seen to be doing something by reducing the limits and increasing penalties is total and utter bo11ix while the other hand is taking away the ability to enforce the existing laws. Sorry for the rant, so sick of this crap from Ross & co.

Uncharted · 24-03-2019 03:15PM

Steve wrote: »

Disable all mobile data if the user is travelling over 5kph...

Watch the road deaths drop.

Nice notion but also a ridiculously impractical one.

You've obviously not had stroppy teenagers with you on a 3 hour car journey.

Trigger Happy · 24-03-2019 03:15PM

Insurance cost are steep enough without people driving around with three pints in them.

Steve · 24-03-2019 03:18PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

What about people on buses?

Does their 'need for internet' outweigh someones life in the event of an accident?

I'm not trolling, there is a genuine case to be made for any data (other than maybe nav guidance) to be disabled over a certain speed.

Yes some will lose out on some facebook or instagram posts but is the benefit of people not dying worth the cost?

CoBo55 · 24-03-2019 03:19PM

Steve wrote: »

Really?

Less crashes = less passengers dead... How is that not good?

Because I'd like to use my phone when someone else is driving, ridiculous post tbh.

Drink driving-virtue signaling gone mad

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