Minister claims garda only do breathalyser between 12am and 2am

Guy:Incognito · 31-03-2019 03:10PM

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

i have only ever seen checkpoints in the mornings.

For the most part, Id imagine that, with vastly less traffic on the road, its much easier for Gardai to just patrol around at night in different spots and see people that look like they are driving drunk then pull them , rather than set up a checkpoint that ends up on facebook/being phoned in by "helpful" people who dont want to see drunks get caught.

Ive been through plenty of night time checkpoints. Not all specifically for drink/drugs testing but I'm sure if they get any sort of incling you should be tested, theyll do it.

31-03-2019 03:20PM

sexmag wrote:

"To me, the breathalysing time should be at pub closing time between 12 o'clock and 2am in the morning. That's where the focus should be, so I don't know what agenda is going on there," he adds"

I see men in the pub on a Friday afternoon sinking 4 to 6 pints and then driving home in time for dinner. I have seen parents drink driving in the afternoon after conformation, communions, christenings etc. There are tons of younger drivers in Dublin on a Saturday & Sunday morning driving after being out all night drinking and drugging.

Having Checkpoints only between 12am and 2am is like only having speed vans for two hours a day. I do agree that there should be more checkpoints between 11pm and 5am but there should always be the chance that you get caught drink driving at any time night or day

jam_mac_jam · 31-03-2019 03:34PM

I would say afternoons and early evening after pints and lunch is a huge time. Very few people would drive after a night of drinking a load but in the day it's more likely as you've only had a few so more likely. People drink at other times then nights

31-03-2019 04:39PM

Graces7 wrote:

many such references if you google.

You know that you can't believe anything Healy Rae says. He believes that only God controls the environment and there is no global warming. He also believes that motorists should be allowed to have Three pints & still drive. He wants country people to be able to drink more and then drive than in the cities. Of course he is a publican

Dr Brown · 31-03-2019 07:29PM

I was stopped by the old bill a few weeks ago at 630pm at a drink driving checkpoint.

What a joke as if anyone is going to be drink driving at 630pm!

Guy:Incognito · 31-03-2019 07:31PM

Dr Brown wrote: »

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What a joke as if anyone is going to be drink driving at 6pm!

Nothing to worry about so.

Strumms · 31-03-2019 07:37PM

sexmag wrote: »

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/minister-queries-garda-agenda-over-breath-tests-on-school-run-37967543.html

"To me, the breathalysing time should be at pub closing time between 12 o'clock and 2am in the morning. That's where the focus should be, so I don't know what agenda is going on there," he adds"

Do you agree?

He is a fûcking tosser. Because nobody has ever been breathalysed and subsequently convicted of drink driving during the day or outside that two hour window . A fella like that should have all privileges removed including the ability to fûckin breathe. What agenda is going on there ? Seriously :rolleyes:

Pherekydes · 31-03-2019 07:42PM

Dr Brown wrote: »

I was stopped by the old bill a few weeks ago at 630pm at a drink driving checkpoint.

What a joke as if anyone is going to be drink driving at 630pm!

Any other times, or just at half six?

Strumms · 31-03-2019 07:44PM

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

I would say afternoons and early evening after pints and lunch is a huge time. Very few people would drive after a night of drinking a load but in the day it's more likely as you've only had a few so more likely. People drink at other times then nights

Yes people who work nights often to help sleep will knock a couple of beers back. Could easily walk out of a pub at the start of lunchtime and into a car having finished a shift and had a couple. To a genuine alcoholic what time the clock shows does not matter. To be honest I’d rather a fella with a couple of pints and drive at 1am rather then 1pm when schools are kicking out and there is traffic and people about a plenty. Obviously the wish is people wouldn’t combine the two at all...any time of day OR night.

Edgware · 31-03-2019 11:37PM

I know people who hit the pub 11am. Have a few pints, nip into bookies. Home for a while, drop back for a few more in the afternoon. Check the bookies and home for the night.
McGrath is a gob****e. If you drink don't drive. If you drive don't speed.
The graveyards of this country are full of the victims of drunk drivers and speedsters

Cee-Jay-Cee · 31-03-2019 11:44PM

OP fails miserably at creating a title for a story they only half read.

Couldn’t be arsed adding any more than that to a Shiite thread.

Sheep breeder · 31-03-2019 11:59PM

Dr Brown wrote: »

I was stopped by the old bill a few weeks ago at 630pm at a drink driving checkpoint.

What a joke as if anyone is going to be drink driving at 630pm!

In the local pub every evening you have lads coming in sink 4 to 5 pints and go home at 6 to 7 o’clock and get away with it for years. Joke how the same lads do it and the poor fool who goes out Saturday night and gets the taxi home and can be done the next morning at 9 or 10 o’clock.

Killinator · 01-04-2019 03:47AM

Dr Brown wrote: »

I was stopped by the old bill a few weeks ago at 630pm at a drink driving checkpoint.

What a joke as if anyone is going to be drink driving at 630pm!

3 weeks ago I was involved in an accident with a driver caused he was pissed at 4.30pm!
People are perfectly able to be completely selfish pr**ks at any time of day

Noo · 01-04-2019 04:21AM

I got tested at 8am the morning on the way to work, after some big sports event the night before (which I had no interest in so had not been drinking). Also got testing coming off a car ferry at 4 in the afternoon after a long weekend, this ferry came from a national park island where people camp and have accommodation for the long weekend. I hadn't drank so wasn't an issue.

Some people may complain about the above testing, but the cops must've made a killing!

Cabaal · 01-04-2019 06:29AM

Noo wrote: »

Some people may complain about the above testing, but the cops must've made a killing!

Which of courseiis better then a drunk driver making a killing....

Noo · 01-04-2019 07:00AM

Cabaal wrote: »

Which of courseiis better then a drunk driver making a killing....

Absolutely, I thought it was genius!

Minister claims garda only do breathalyser between 12am and 2am

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