Kerry CC support permit system which allows rural people drink and drive

Cienciano · 24-01-2013 07:28PM

MagicSean wrote: »

Well under what limit? Even a zero alcohol limit is not "well under" the legal limit because the legal limit is so low. Your friends are not being completely honest I think.

What limit do you think? The legal limit of alcohol! He was around half the limit of .05

Chancer3001 · 24-01-2013 07:34PM

When the guards breathalyse you they take 20% off your reading. So if youre borderline, you end up a nice bit under the limit

michael999999 · 24-01-2013 08:14PM

Front page of the Kerrys Eye today.

'Death threats' after drink drive motion. Is the headline.

The ****ing hypocrisy of those gombeens the healy raes know no bounds. They have no problem in filling people full of drink and letting them possibly kill a member of the public while driving home.

But make a complaint to the guards when someone threatens them!

Well here is a suggestion for them, for every drunk driver that is allowed to drive home, should be accompanied in the car by a member of the healy rae family!

It wasn't me! · 24-01-2013 08:16PM

michael999999 wrote: »

for every drunk driver that is allowed to drive home, should be accompanied in the car by a member of the healy rae family!

Chained to the front bumper!

michael999999 · 24-01-2013 08:16PM

Front page of the Kerrys Eye today.

'Death threats' after drink drive motion. Is the headline.

The ****ing hypocrisy of those gombeens the healy raes know no bounds. They have no problem in filling people full of drink and letting them possibly kill a member of the public while driving home.

But make a complaint to the guards when someone threatens them!

Well here is a suggestion for them, for every drunk driver that is allowed to drive home, should be accompanied in the car by a member of the healy rae family!

crockholm · 24-01-2013 09:30PM

JustinDee wrote: »

It isn't a non-story. It is a valid story of an elected representitive obtaining a majority vote in relevant council in an attempt to undo every road safety measure taken against idiots who drink before driving ("2-3 pints" is drink driving). That is why it gets traction in Ireland. It gets traction across the ditch because the Irish can indeed proven to be as thick as one.

Non runner of a story,not a non-story, is what I said, only 3 years ago it would have been legal to have 2-3 pints, so fado-fado it aint. IN case you misinterpret, I am in favour of the current measures. Please show me the scientific proof that the Irish are "thick"I have heard of the self-hating jew stereotype, should we be glad that we now have an Irish version of this malaise

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 24-01-2013 09:47PM

michael999999 wrote: »

Front page of the Kerrys Eye today.

'Death threats' after drink drive motion. Is the headline.

The ****ing hypocrisy of those gombeens the healy raes know no bounds. They have no problem in filling people full of drink and letting them possibly kill a member of the public while driving home.

But make a complaint to the guards when someone threatens them!

Well here is a suggestion for them, for every drunk driver that is allowed to drive home, should be accompanied in the car by a member of the healy rae family!

And accidents automaticaly allow results in jail time, and a Haely-Rae does half the time inside, hows that?

JustinDee · 24-01-2013 10:29PM

crockholm wrote: »

Non runner of a story,not a non-story, is what I said, only 3 years ago it would have been legal to have 2-3 pints, so fado-fado it aint. IN case you misinterpret, I am in favour of the current measures. Please show me the scientific proof that the Irish are "thick"I have heard of the self-hating jew stereotype, should we be glad that we now have an Irish version of this malaise

"Scientific proof"??
The Irish have a reputation abroad as being stupid and alcoholic dependants, whether you like it or not. Its just a stereotype that mainly stemmed from the 19th century and stuck. Nothing self-loathing about it at all and certainly nothing new about it.

languagenerd · 27-01-2013 04:18PM

Biggins wrote: »

Here’s how the world reacted to the Kerry drink-driving story.

http://www.thejournal.ie/drink-driving-kerry-reaction-765371-Jan2013/

And most of the headlines/articles quoted there make it look like:
(a) Kerry Co. Council have the power to introduce this (they don't)
(b) It's already come into place (it hasn't)
and/or
(c) That it involves the whole country (it doesn't, it doesn't even involve all of Kerry Co. Council)

Annoying, if you were an American/Canadian/Brit who didn't know a lot about Irish counties, etc, you'd think that the above are all true. Awful reporting. Great to see the old stereotypes whipped out again

Czarcasm · 27-01-2013 04:29PM

languagenerd wrote: »

Annoying, if you were an American/Canadian/Brit who didn't know a lot about Irish counties, etc, you'd think that the above are all true. Awful reporting idea in the first place. Great to see the old stereotypes whipped out again

Fixed that for you. It wouldn't be a stereotype if there wasn't a basis for it. In this case it is entirely justified when a publican/politician puts forward a motion that his customers be allowed drive while intoxicated, flying in the face of years of campaigning against drink driving by organisations and society that have seen lives destroyed by drink driving.

languagenerd · 27-01-2013 04:42PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Fixed that for you. It wouldn't be a stereotype if there wasn't a basis for it. In this case it is entirely justified when a publican/politician puts forward a motion that his customers be allowed drive while intoxicated, flying in the face of years of campaigning against drink driving by organisations and society that have seen lives destroyed by drink driving.

Oh I know it's an awful idea! But the international reporting is terrible too, as it makes it look like an official motion as opposed to a stupid proposal by a gombeen that (hopefully) most of the country are happy to ignore.

Not every Irish person is obsessed with alcohol and I daresay most of us aren't idiots. It's just annoying when the foreign press paint us all like that.

Sofiztikated · 28-01-2013 05:32AM

languagenerd wrote: »

Oh I know it's an awful idea! But the international reporting is terrible too, as it makes it look like an official motion as opposed to a stupid proposal by a gombeen that (hopefully) most of the country are happy to ignore.

Not every Irish person is obsessed with alcohol and I daresay most of us aren't idiots. It's just annoying when the foreign press paint us all like that.

But that's the problem. It's a stupid proposal, to table a motion, that was voted on, and passed. True, it's only one council. True, not everyone is obsessed with alcohol. But to the outside world, it's yet another reason for them to think the stereotype is true.

I've had replies from some of the Kerry CC I've contacted. Currently, the replies have ranged from "I wasn't there" to "I was there, and voted against it." Not one of the ones that voted in favour of the motion have replied to me.

Apparently, DHR has tried to pass the blame on this issue to the other councillors that passed the motion.

murraykil · 28-01-2013 06:18AM

JustinDee wrote: »

"Scientific proof"??
The Irish have a reputation abroad as being stupid and alcoholic dependants, whether you like it or not. Its just a stereotype that mainly stemmed from the 19th century and stuck. Nothing self-loathing about it at all and certainly nothing new about it.

There are few doing their best to keep this reputation going!

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Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2013 03:09AM

It's either socialising or getting intoxicated.

If it's for socialising then pubs can sell low alcohol beers. And it should be cheaper because not only has the excise duty on beer not gone in a generation it's actually halved on anything below 2.8%

If it's about getting intoxicated then it's real simple, Ethanol is a depressant.

Kerry CC support permit system which allows rural people drink and drive

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