What I saw and did last night

Kidchameleon · 25-12-2010 07:04PM

Degag wrote: »

And maybe that poor girl would have been killed regardless of whether the guy had a pint or not.

Maybe,

But I bet you anything the guy who killed her never "just had one pint" again.

High energy · 25-12-2010 07:30PM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Maybe,

But I bet you anything the guy who killed her never "just had one pint" again.

I'd be fairly sure the 1 pint he had was nothing to do with the crash. Give us more details, what age, height, weight was the guy. Had he enough sleep? Was he on medication? A pint of what? How soon after did he drive? What were the circumstances surrounding the crash? Speeding? Did he break a light, did she run out in front of him, etc.

Insinuating the 1 pint he had resulted in the girls death is nonsense. It's scaremongering and strays away from the real causes of accidents.

Davei141 · 25-12-2010 07:34PM

High energy wrote: »

I'd be fairly sure the 1 pint he had was nothing to do with the crash. Give us more details, what age, height, weight was the guy. Had he enough sleep? Was he on medication? A pint of what? How soon after did he drive? What were the circumstances surrounding the crash? Speeding? Did he break a light, did she run out in front of him, etc.

Insinuating the 1 pint he had resulted in the girls death is nonsense. It's scaremongering and strays away from the real causes of accidents.

More than likely drunk guy kills girl but claims it was only one pint.

Kidchameleon · 25-12-2010 07:56PM

High energy wrote: »

I'd be fairly sure the 1 pint he had was nothing to do with the crash. Give us more details, what age, height, weight was the guy. Had he enough sleep? Was he on medication? A pint of what? How soon after did he drive? What were the circumstances surrounding the crash? Speeding? Did he break a light, did she run out in front of him, etc.

Insinuating the 1 pint he had resulted in the girls death is nonsense. It's scaremongering and strays away from the real causes of accidents.

Don't really know exact details to be honest. Look the simple fact is, its a stupid thing to do... Driving with alcohol in your system is more of a risk than driving without, there are no two ways about it. I'm not trying to derail things here sorry folks! Sorry OP if I was harsh earlier, just your post reeks of hypocrisy.

galwayrush · 25-12-2010 07:56PM

It's laughable that some people on very high horses condem the OP for having 1 drink followed by 4 glasses of water over two and a half hours....Sounds very responsible to me.

ellieswellies · 25-12-2010 08:00PM

whatsupdoc? wrote: »

Driving home at 10.30pm last night (in pub from 8pm 1 drink and 4 Ballygowans)
came across this 07 VW on the wrong side of the road in front of me.
He pulled in onto the correct side of the road in front of me at a set of lights which he then broke.
Drove along a long road on the wrong side of the road only pulling over when a car came towards him.
Broke another light and again drove on the wrong side of another long road before pulling away from me and turned off.
I have assumed it was a he and I'm assuming he was drunk, very drunk.
In all the years I have been driving I have never seen anybody as bad as that.
I rang the guards, gave them the reg and location and I just hope they caught him in the act.
The fact it was very icy didn't make any difference to him.
I would love to mention the full make and reg of the car but I guess it wouldn't be allowed, shame.

is it just me or does anyone else read this in their head the same way you would a poem?

WindSock · 25-12-2010 08:20PM

antodeco wrote: »

It takes one hour to clear your first pint from your system. He had one pint over 2 and a half hours. Nothing wrong with this OP, unless your 12 or 4 foot!

I thought it took one hour to metabolise a unit, not a pint.

Either way, 1 pint over 2 hours...hardly over the limit.

RoadSweeper · 25-12-2010 08:28PM

Nice work OP.

TheZohanS · 25-12-2010 08:30PM

The head of the Road Safety Authority, Gay Byrne, openly admitted to drinking and driving...didn't do him any harm...and if it was so bad why would the RSA still have him as their Chairperson?

Elevator · 25-12-2010 08:46PM

TheZohan wrote: »

The head of the Road Safety Authority, Gay Byrne, openly admitted to drinking and driving...didn't do him any harm...and if it was so bad why would the RSA still have him as their Chairperson?

his appointment to such a position epitomises all that is wrong with this country!

roll it there roisin...

Elevator · 25-12-2010 08:53PM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Actually OP you are an idiot. One drink effects your driving FACT, no matter how much Ballygowan you claim to have drunk. Your as bad as the person your complaining about! A few years ago a 7 year old girl was killed on my sisters road by a guy who "only had one pint".

he sure is alright, behaving like a responsible adult in the pub and driving home breaking no laws (ie driving on the correct side of the road!!)

how you can compare the op to someone so clearly out of his mind that he's on the wrong side ofthe road and breaking 2 red lights

some people round here got some seriously high rocking horses for Xmas me thinks!!

stovelid · 25-12-2010 10:12PM

I wonder do half the high-horse riders here leave the car at home in the morning if they've slept badly and are tired? Or do a long journey without rest?

The above is far worse than a single - and legal - pint over the time period outlined.

whatsupdoc? · 26-12-2010 12:57AM

The 1 drink was a small glasss of red wine, not a pint.

Kidchameleon · 26-12-2010 01:53AM

whatsupdoc? wrote: »

The 1 drink was a small glasss of red wine, not a pint.

And you got away with that, fine. But next time you might say "a feck it, ill have another, sure whats one more?"

Also, it doesn't matter if one drink is legal, smoking is legal and that's a killer too.

Wolfe Tone · 26-12-2010 01:55AM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

And you got away with that, fine. But next time you might say "a feck it, ill have another, sure whats one more?"

Also, it doesn't matter if one drink is legal, smoking is legal and that's a killer too.

Eh no, he said "thats enough, Il have water"

Degag · 26-12-2010 01:59AM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

And you got away with that, fine. But next time you might say "a feck it, ill have another, sure whats one more?"

Also, it doesn't matter if one drink is legal, smoking is legal and that's a killer too.

That's just a stupid comparison.

ScareGilly · 26-12-2010 02:34AM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Also, it doesn't matter if one drink is legal, smoking is legal and that's a killer too.

Driving a car is also a killer from time to time, should that be illegal?
Hmm, so is high cholesterol, maybe we should put in new laws to stop people from eating certain types of food. Yeah, persecute the obese!

High energy · 26-12-2010 02:54AM

ScareGilly wrote: »

Driving a car is also a killer from time to time, should that be illegal?
Hmm, so is high cholesterol, maybe we should put in new laws to stop people from eating certain types of food. Yeah, persecute the obese!

Also don't forget you can fall into the ocean and drown too. We need to ban oceans, seas, rivers and other generic large bodies of water.

Lumen · 26-12-2010 03:32AM

http://www.csgnetwork.com/bloodalcolevelcalc.html

Quantity Of Alcohol Consumed: 16floz (1 pint)
Alcohol Content: 5%
Your Weight: 150 Pounds
Time Since Starting To Drink: 2.5 Hours

Blood Alcohol Level Percentage: 0.0025%

http://www.transport.govt.nz/saferjourneys/towardsasafesystem/saferoaduse/

This says that if you're over 30 (as I am), a 0.03% level makes you 2.9x more likely to have a fatal crash.

Interpolating linearly, a 0.0025% level makes you 8% more likely to have a fatal crash. Whoa, scary! But...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OECD_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

Ireland's fatality rate is 5.7 per billion km.

So, if you drive 20km with that BAL you have increased your fatality risk from one in 8.8 million to one in 8.1 million.

This is further distorted by the fact that RTAs are correlated with heavy drinking, so the actual risks of both sober and almost-completely-spber death are even lower.

...and, there's a good chance that the 0.0025% level is actually zero, and the calculator is wrong, since it's generally held that you can metabolize one unit per hour.

Mrmoe · 26-12-2010 03:48AM

Lumen wrote: »

http://www.csgnetwork.com/bloodalcolevelcalc.html

Quantity Of Alcohol Consumed: 16floz (1 pint)
Alcohol Content: 5%
Your Weight: 150 Pounds
Time Since Starting To Drink: 2.5 Hours

Blood Alcohol Level Percentage: 0.0025%

http://www.transport.govt.nz/saferjourneys/towardsasafesystem/saferoaduse/

This says that if you're over 30 (as I am), a 0.03% level makes you 2.9x more likely to have a fatal crash.

Interpolating linearly, a 0.0025% level makes you 8% more likely to have a fatal crash. Whoa, scary! But...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OECD_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

Ireland's fatality rate is 5.7 per billion km.

So, if you drive 20km with that BAL you have increased your fatality risk from one in 8.8 million to one in 8.1 million.

This is further distorted by the fact that RTAs are correlated with heavy drinking, so the actual risks of both sober and almost-completely-spber death are even lower.

...and, there's a good chance that the 0.0025% level is actually zero, and the calculator is wrong, since it's generally held that you can metabolize one unit per hour.

2 calculators I have used actually give a blood alcohol content of 0 g/100 ml. The OP was probably in a better condition to drive than most people would be after a hard day at work.

http://www.alcoholhelpcenter.net/Program/BAC_Standalone_Output.aspx?g=1&c=61&w=66&wu=1&h=2&n=1

http://www.intox.com/drinkwheel.aspx

Lumen · 26-12-2010 03:52AM

Mrmoe wrote: »

The OP was probably in a better condition to drive than most people would be after a hard day at work.

Exactly. Though I do wonder slightly how he was able to safely keep up with someone consistently breaking red lights.

Degag · 26-12-2010 04:49AM

Mrmoe wrote: »

2 calculators I have used actually give a blood alcohol content of 0 g/100 ml. The OP was probably in a better condition to drive than most people would be after a hard day at work.

http://www.alcoholhelpcenter.net/Program/BAC_Standalone_Output.aspx?g=1&c=61&w=66&wu=1&h=2&n=1

http://www.intox.com/drinkwheel.aspx

Lol you nearly gave me a heart attack there. I was getting a reading of 1.82mg where a reading of .35 could be fatal!

Turns out that i was putting my weight in stone in instead of kg.

I'm a "sloppy drunk" apparently.

Sounds about right!

Caliden · 26-12-2010 05:07AM

OP fair play to you.
As for anyone condemning the OP, get off your high horse and look at the situation logically:
1 pint = 2 units = ~ 2 hours to leave the OP's system.
The OP waited 2.5 hours to be sure so that arguement is null and void.

I occasionally have the odd drink myself but I ensure to leave myself enough time before driving.
Hopefully the idiot driver was caught but in all liklehood he wasn't and will continue his idiocy until he kills someone or himself (assuming the driver was male of course)_

Nulty · 26-12-2010 05:25AM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Actually OP you are an idiot. One drink effects your driving FACT, no matter how much Ballygowan you claim to have drunk. Your as bad as the person your complaining about! A few years ago a 7 year old girl was killed on my sisters road by a guy who "only had one pint".

That guy could have killed the person your referring to with 0 pints taken also...1 pint is legal in most cases, especially over 2.5 hours.

irelandspurs · 26-12-2010 06:40AM

You may aswel be pissed driving on these roads at the moment,your still all over the place.

JerryHandbag · 26-12-2010 01:04PM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

And you got away with that, fine. But next time you might say "a feck it, ill have another, sure whats one more?"

Also, it doesn't matter if one drink is legal, smoking is legal and that's a killer too.

Yep, remember kids.....NEVER smoke and drive.

Mike... · 26-12-2010 01:13PM

Prob see something worse Christmas Eve night, was in a small town in the midlands/west of Ireland where there is a large prison. was on a tour of the local pubs and seen a prison officer in full uniform having a few pints, bit strange but then maybe it's acceptable at christmas.

When I left the last pub at 12.30ish a vw caddy van sped through the main street mounted the kerb an drove straight into a girl, the van the reversed down the footpath twice and hit the side of a building while the girl was running away.

He then left the footpath and drove away, the guards arrived immediately and arrested the driver, who was in full prison officer uniform....strangest thing I ever saw.

26-12-2010 01:16PM

antodeco wrote: »

It takes one hour to clear your first pint from your system. He had one pint over 2 and a half hours. Nothing wrong with this OP, unless your 12 or 4 foot!

WindSock wrote: »

I thought it took one hour to metabolise a unit, not a pint.

Either way, 1 pint over 2 hours...hardly over the limit.

Yeah it's a unit not a pint, but I think OP did just fine

stovelid wrote: »

I wonder do half the high-horse riders here leave the car at home in the morning if they've slept badly and are tired? Or do a long journey without rest?

The above is far worse than a single - and legal - pint over the time period outlined.

Yeah I tried driving tired once - never, ever again. Scary stuff.

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Actually OP you are an idiot. One drink effects your driving FACT, no matter how much Ballygowan you claim to have drunk. Your as bad as the person your complaining about! A few years ago a 7 year old girl was killed on my sisters road by a guy who "only had one pint".

I heard of someone getting killed in an accident by a sober person once! So don't drive sober! :eek:
Also, despite what dettol ads would have you believe, yelling FACT doesn't actually make something a fact :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Larianne · 26-12-2010 04:07PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Also, despite what dettol ads would have you believe, yelling FACT doesn't actually make something a fact :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Brilliant!

Kidchameleon · 26-12-2010 10:34PM

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Yep, remember kids.....NEVER smoke and drive.

Actually my Dads back seat went on fire while he was driving through Celbridge a few years ago! He threw a cig out the window (f**king hate when people do that!) and it must have got sucked back in the rear window!

What I saw and did last night

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