Would you drink and drive if it wasn't against the law to do so?

A Greedy Algorithm · 21-06-2014 08:33PM #1

We all know well the dangers to ourselves and others while driving intoxicated but would you drink and drive at all if it was made legal?

21-06-2014 08:34PM

No

AnonoBoy · 21-06-2014 08:35PM

No.

On a related note - would you slice the fingers off small children if it was legal to do so?

HandsomeDan · 21-06-2014 08:35PM

Hell, I do it even though it's against the law :pac:

Only joking.

No.

murray.eoghan · 21-06-2014 08:35PM

i think it would depend on the road you want to drive on and how drunk you are.if it was a quiet country road then probably

super_furry · 21-06-2014 08:39PM

I'm quiet happy with being alive and have no real desire to kill anyone, so no.

The One Doctor · 21-06-2014 08:45PM

murray.eoghan wrote: »

i think it would depend on the road you want to drive on and how drunk you are.if it was a quiet country road then probably

Quiet country roads have a nasty habit of hiding pedestrians and other cars behind corners.

No.

Tin Foil Hat · 21-06-2014 08:46PM

A pint or a glass of wine if out for lunch or dinner - yea. A session - no.

endacl · 21-06-2014 08:49PM

No.

punisher5112 · 21-06-2014 08:54PM

Once 3 pints or less but also depends on the person.

Legless no way.

Years ago had 4 pints over the night then had to move the car but just round the corner.

It use to be ok having the few drinks the night before now its not a risk worth taking unless you don't have a licence or care about anything as the ones that keep getting away with it.

ComputerKing · 21-06-2014 08:56PM

No why would I now that everyone knows the dangers and understands its not just your life you're putting at risk.

Collie D · 21-06-2014 09:04PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Once 3 pints or less but also depends on the person.

Legless no way.

Years ago had 4 pints over the night then had to move the car but just round the corner.

It use to be ok having the few drinks the night before now its not a risk worth taking unless you don't have a licence or care about anything as the ones that keep getting away with it.

That second paragraph makes it sound like the only reason you don't do it is fear of being caught. So effectively your answer is yes.

dodderangler · 21-06-2014 09:19PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

No.

On a related note - would you slice the fingers off small children if it was legal to do so?

You mean it's not legal?
Ooooooooohhhh Shiite.

A Greedy Algorithm · 21-06-2014 09:28PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

No.

On a related note - would you slice the fingers off small children if it was legal to do so?

I know plenty of people who have drove while drink and been caught, and plenty that haven't.

I don't know anyone at all that has sliced the fingers of small children (i have my suspicions of some though).

punisher5112 · 21-06-2014 09:45PM

Collie D wrote: »

That second paragraph makes it sound like the only reason you don't do it is fear of being caught. So effectively your answer is yes.

No I wouldn't never would have even when you could.

I have seen some crashes and been hit by drink driver so fully aware of the dangers.

It did kill the social part many in the country could have a few and drive home where they can't know.

When did you ever hear of an old age person creaming loads out of it on way home after few pints, it ended up they were more careful driving home and also a lot slower.

Its us the younger generation percentage wise who would speed off down the road with not a care in the world and believe we would be fine driving even though the two cars in front would have only been 1 (double/blurred vision)

whupdedo · 21-06-2014 09:54PM

I used to do it regularly back in the day, sometimes to such an extent that when I woke up in the morning if wouldn't know if I had brought the car home or not,(I'm not proud of it) it was socially acceptable around here to drink and drive so we never took any notice of it

The guards used to come into our local and wouldn't bat and eye at someone coming out of the pub and sitting into the car to drive home, and the local cops used to drive the car home if they thought you were too drunk

It's something I wouldn't even contemplate now, I might have 1 or 2 over the course of an hour or so but that would be max, i am glad to say then days are long gone

21-06-2014 09:57PM

After a few pints definitely.

Pissed drunk no.

jsd1004 · 21-06-2014 10:01PM

Would you operate a chainsaw? Cut the lawn? Clean the upstairs windows on a ladder? Probably would after one or two after that no..

c_man · 21-06-2014 10:10PM

I managed the drink driving mission in Vice City pretty well so I don't see why not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4u4Re8c3nY

The Backwards Man · 21-06-2014 10:13PM

The amount of cars that disappear from pub car parks before the morning tells me drink drivers don't read boards.

Rabbo · 21-06-2014 10:18PM

I'd like to think I wouldn't but Drunk Rabbo isn't exactly a rock of sense.

So to sum up, I wouldn't drink-drive if I was sober but I might drink-drive if I was drunk enough.

dj jarvis · 21-06-2014 10:25PM

if it was made legal , people would go mad - when the cops use to turn a blind eye everybody did , imagine what it would be like if it was deemed ok?

and i wont preach , i done it back when you could - on a motorbike

once , me, my brother and another guy were coming back from fibbers ( parnell st , Dublin ) , full of lovely beer , got stopped at a check point at 3am , at ballsbridge , right outside the US embassy , me and the bro got to it first , cop asked had we been drinking , we said we had a few , at that point , the 3rd lad arrived , stopped and promptly fell over right at the 2 cops feet.

they helped pick him up , ask us was he with us , asked where are we going to ( wicklow town ) and let him get on the bike , and told me and my bro to look after him :eek:

this is 100% true , we could not believe it , this would have been 1992 ish

how times have changed , and for the better IMO

Tail Docker · 21-06-2014 10:27PM

No, and I never use my phone when driving either. Honest. Cough.

Gannicus · 21-06-2014 10:46PM

Its easy to say no, that you wouldn't drink and drive even if it was legal.

The fact of the matter is if it were legal most peoplee that said no here would do it simply ecause it would have been ingrained in us from older generations that it is socially acceptable just like this countries already existing unhealthy obsession with alcohol at present.

Shenshen · 21-06-2014 10:47PM

No. I've seen what can happen and have no interest inflicting that on myself or others.

Cienciano · 21-06-2014 10:50PM

Would love to have a go of it.

Cianos · 21-06-2014 11:35PM

You have to remember that the progressive tightening of laws coincides with the growing number of vehicles on the road.

There's way more cars on the road now, so a much greater chance of encountering another vehicle.

Anyone who thinks "Sure they didn't care back in the day, it's just Health & Safety gone mad." needs to remember this.

wp_rathead · 02-07-2014 01:38PM

Cianos wrote: »

You have to remember that the progressive tightening of laws coincides with the growing number of vehicles on the road.

There's way more cars on the road now, so a much greater chance of encountering another vehicle.

Anyone who thinks "Sure they didn't care back in the day, it's just Health & Safety gone mad." needs to remember this.

Plus cars can go must faster now

But to answer the OP - no

And tbh if only reason you don't drink and drive is due to the law then you are an idiot

neamhspleachi · 02-07-2014 01:54PM

No, I value my life & that of others

I also love my motorsickles too much to kill them

02-07-2014 04:39PM

wprathead wrote: »

And tbh if only reason you don't drink and drive is due to the law then you are an idiot

I would say this is why the vast majority of people don't to be fair (including myself). Sure half the people saying they would never do it do it all the time the next morning going to work after a night on the beer.

Also people really need to distinguish between driving after a couple of pints and driving while completely p*ssed. There is a massive difference.

caustic 1 · 02-07-2014 04:47PM

Lilyana Agreeable Pedal wrote: »

I would say this is why the vast majority of people don't to be fair (including myself). Sure half the people saying they would never do it do it all the time the next morning going to work after a night on the beer.

Also people really need to distinguish between driving after a couple of pints and driving while completely p*ssed. There is a massive difference.

If there was that big of a difference then surely it would be ok to drive with a couple of pints. I know people who could drink all night and you wouldn't know it I also know some who after one drink are gone. Drink affects us all differently therefore you cannot know how someone else might drive after a couple.

Would you drink and drive if it wasn't against the law to do so?

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