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My solution to drink driving laws and rural isolation.

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  • #122
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    Where To wrote: »
    I can have 14 different companies (some are companies, some are single operators) comprising 50+ cars at my front door within 10 minutes and I live in the one of the most rural and disadvantaged parts of the country.

    Lack of taxis or hackneys is a myth, country areas are generally better served than urban areas. Better service and value too;)

    Thats all very well but what if you want an Irish taxi? lol

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #123
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    Where To wrote: »
    I can have 14 different companies (some are companies, some are single operators) comprising 50+ cars at my front door within 10 minutes and I live in the one of the most rural and disadvantaged parts of the country.

    Lack of taxis or hackneys is a myth, country areas are generally better served than urban areas. Better service and value too;)

    To say that rural Ireland is better serviced than the Urban areas is laughable.


  • #124
    Paulie Gualtieri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 420 ✭✭Paulie Gualtieri


    lividduck wrote: »
    So its ok to break the law because they are old? What other laws is ok for them to break? Can they rape because they are lonely?

    i think you need to read again , i said i don't agree with the op , and that its a pity theres no solution , so read something fully before you get your panties in a bunch you f***ta*d


  • #125
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    lividduck wrote: »
    Can they rape because they are lonely?


    Worst analogy I've seen on here.... FFS :D


  • #126
    lividduck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭lividduck


    Paulie Gualtieri wrote: »
    i think you need to read again , i said i don't agree with the op , and that its a pity theres no solution , so read something fully before you get your panties in a bunch you f***ta*d
    There is a simple solution, catch them,jail them, crush their vehicles.


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  • #127
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    lividduck wrote: »
    So its ok to break the law because they are old? What other laws is ok for them to break? Can they rape because they are lonely?

    Thats probably taking it to the extreme. There could however be a scheme maybe run in conjunction to the limited rural lift scheme whereby isolated bachelors could get a happy ending once a month. It would be a good prostate check and would probably be cost neutral in the long run, given decreased medication for depression etc etc.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #128
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    Where To wrote: »
    I can have 14 different companies (some are companies, some are single operators) comprising 50+ cars at my front door within 10 minutes and I live in the one of the most rural and disadvantaged parts of the country.

    Lack of taxis or hackneys is a myth, country areas are generally better served than urban areas. Better service and value too;)

    If there's a good service in your area then that's the exception rather than the rule. If rural Ireland was as well served by taxis as you say then this thread wouldn't even have been posted.


  • #129
    KeithM89_old
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    Paulie Gualtieri wrote: »
    i think you need to read again , i said i don't agree with the op , and that its a pity theres no solution , so read something fully before you get your panties in a bunch you f***ta*d

    Banned.


  • #130
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Thats all very well but what if you want an Irish taxi?

    Ah so all the poor oul fellas are racists? That's just tough on them so!


  • #131
    southcentralts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    There may be something to say for the fact that some of us are not affected by one or two pints and others are langers after the third, some of us have built up a tolerance to the stuff yet we are subjected to the limits at which the least of us suffers intoxication.

    of course some of us are **** who always feel fine to drive even after we spend 20 minutes trying to get into the wrong car.

    If a fu*kin plane can land itself without a pilot why can a car not drive us home.


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  • #132
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Thats probably taking it to the extreme. There could however be a scheme maybe run in conjunction to the limited rural lift scheme whereby isolated bachelors could get a happy ending once a month. It would be a good prostate check and would probably be cost neutral in the long run, given decreased medication for depression etc etc.

    Wasn't there some buck in Limerick who operated a brothel out of an articulated truck? He used to drive the randy oul bachelors from the Limerick and Clare countryside around the place while they knocked boots with some Eastern European stunnas.

    Seriously!


  • #133
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Deleted User wrote: »
    They're classed as motor vehicles and you'll get done!
    I'm not saying you can do it. Just that it'd be a better solution than a tractor.
    Probably still a bad idea.

    How about an underground network of tunnels that run actual bumper cars, and you have to fail a breathalyser to be admitted entry? It'd create so many jobs.


  • #134
    IrishAm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭IrishAm


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    A couple of weeks ago an elderly bachelor was found dead in his house. He was last seen 4 days before by the postman. This was a man that went to the village for a couple of pints every night and drove home about 3 miles again along quiet back roads.

    His drinking buddies never thought of calling around and checking on him, no?

    There is a surprise.


  • #135
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    Whilst I don't agree with the OP; that really isn't a viable option in rural areas.

    And none of the bar staff would take a fiver to drop someone 2 mile out the road?


  • #136
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    Wasn't there some buck in Limerick who operated a brothel out of an articulated truck? He used to drive the randy oul bachelors from the Limerick and Clare countryside around the place while they knocked boots with some Eastern European stunnas.

    Seriously!

    The lyrics of Christy Moore's Lisdoonvarna are closer to fact than many suspect. When he sings about massage parlours in horse boxes it is an accurate depiction of many events like the Galway Races before it got taken over by the Nouveau Celtic Tiger types.


    I just worked out that to have 14 different taxi operators offering 50 + vehicles to your doorstep within 10 minutes they would all have to be within an 8 mile radius and travelling continuously at the maximum secondary road speed limit of 80km. It is hard to believe.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #137
    mikemac1
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    Where To wrote: »
    I can have 14 different companies (some are companies, some are single operators) comprising 50+ cars at my front door within 10 minutes and I live in the one of the most rural and disadvantaged parts of the country.

    You live in Letterkenny, a town of over 17,000 people

    That's not rural, that's an above average town


  • #138
    SafeSurfer
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    IrishAm wrote: »
    His drinking buddies never thought of calling around and checking on him, no?

    There is a surprise.

    There is no doubt a wider societal issue, like the unfortunate man who was found dead in his house some weeks ago in the south east, with the Christmas lights still on.

    People should realise that not everyone has a network of friends and neighbours. Many people live in isolation, they may attend mass, the odd football match the pub. They have acquaintances, not close friendships, living in isolation will do that to you and its a vicious circle. You become insular and used to your own company, people often describe these people as odd.

    If someone you occasionally speak to in your local wasn't in for a few nights would you call round?

    I probably wouldn't either.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #139
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    You live in Letterkenny, a town of over 17,000 people

    That's not rural, that's an above average town

    Yeah Letterkenny is the 20th biggest town in Ireland, population 19,500. Its bigger than Sligo "city".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland_by_population

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #140
    hairyprincess
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    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    If someone you occasionally speak to in your local wasn't in for a few nights would you call round?

    I probably wouldn't either.

    Ah actually I would. If there was someone in my social circle or that I knew in the neighbourhood who lived alone and had no family to speak of I absolutely would check in on them. And have done in the past, bringing soup and fresh baked bread. But I understand that element of life is disappearing.


  • #141
    Wattle
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    There may be something in this tractor idea. You could take a shortcut home via the fields. No pedestrians.


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  • #142
    IrishAm
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    Wattle wrote: »
    There may be something in this tractor idea. You could take a shortcut home via the fields. No pedestrians.

    What about the poor sheep asleep in the fields? The lonely farmers would get bad ideas.


  • #143
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    hairyprincess wrote: »
    Ah actually I would. If there was someone in my social circle or that I knew in the neighbourhood who lived alone and had no family to speak of I absolutely would check in on them. And have done in the past, bringing soup and fresh baked bread. But I understand that element of life is disappearing.

    You'll find that it isn't like that social circle. Either you drop in or you don't.


  • #144
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    Where To wrote: »
    I can have 14 different companies (some are companies, some are single operators) comprising 50+ cars at my front door within 10 minutes and I live in the one of the most rural and disadvantaged parts of the country.

    Lack of taxis or hackneys is a myth, country areas are generally better served than urban areas. Better service and value too;)
    mikemac1 wrote: »
    You live in Letterkenny, a town of over 17,000 people

    That's not rural, that's an above average town

    I can tell you Where To does not live in Letterkenny, he lives at least a 40 minute drive from there in a pretty rural area; so I'm pretty certain he's not relying on Letterkenny companies - unless of course they are all Knight Rider drivers :pac:


  • #145
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Well it's Donegal

    They all drive like loons up there on their yellow regs


  • #146
    IrishAm
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    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Well it's Donegal

    They all drive like loons up there on their yellow regs

    Never buy a DL reg!


  • #147
    ladysarastro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭ladysarastro


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    I was driving home from the pub last night after having a couple of pints while waiting for a chinese. Before I get lectured about being irresponsible the pub is on the age of a small village with deserted country roads about 2 miles from my house.


    What do you think?


    You were able to sink a few pints while waiting...? Did they go to china to make it for ya?
    Most chinese places make food in ten to fifteen mins tops so one pint fair enough. Any more and your just making excuses for your stupidity


  • #148
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    ladysarastro wrote: »
    You were able to sink a few pints while waiting...? Did they go to china to make it for ya?
    Most chinese places make food in ten to fifteen mins tops so one pint fair enough. Any more and your just making excuses for your stupidity

    It's a rural chinese. They had to take his order then get a taxi into town and collect it for him.


  • #149
    fianna saor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭fianna saor


    SafeSurfer wrote: »

    However. My idea is to allow a higher drink driving limit for people driving tractors. Say to double the current limit so someone driving a tractor could have 2 to 3 pints and still drive home.

    What do you think?

    what about ride on lawn mowers?


  • #150
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    fianna saor wrote: »
    what about ride on lawn mowers?

    Yeah your covered. You might as well mow the grass in the middle of the road on your way home.

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  • #151
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    ladysarastro wrote: »
    You were able to sink a few pints while waiting...? Did they go to china to make it for ya?
    Most chinese places make food in ten to fifteen mins tops so one pint fair enough. Any more and your just making excuses for your stupidity

    Two pints in half an hour, so what if he had to put it in the oven for 10 minutes. It wouldn't be ready in 1 pints time and a glass of Guinness just doesn't taste the same.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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