Lower drink drive limit

WantoN said:
What I think is ridiculous is ingesting any substance that could impair your reactions prior to driving tonnes of speeding metal.

If you drink and drive, you're a ****ing idiot.

Ant :cool:
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WantoN said:
If you're over the limit, you're breaking the law, if you're breaking the law, you're a criminal.

I'm utterly confused as to why anyone would touch a drop of booze and drive. When I'm getting totally munted, I make sure I don't have to be on the roads till the next evening.

Ant :cool:
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Although....

WantoN said:
I had to drive back home one night when my ex and I got lashed. It was a 3 minute drive up an entirely unused privitish road, and still was the most horrific driving experience of my life.

Never, ever again. Never.

Ant :cool:
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Taken from http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9031248&postcount=168

You had to drive? ;) :p
 
Daveyboy said:
So they want to cut it the limit to a half pint

Thoughts?

I think it's ridiculous.
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I think the whole thing is pointless as the limit is low enough as it is, but I question who “they” are seen as though you haven’t provided a link and I’ve seen nothing else of this mentioned. If there was proper research to show hundreds of people die every year on the road as a direct result of people that crash because of the alcohol in their system, but that these people are still under the current limits, then I might support something like this.

However, I don’t know of any such research, although if the government decide this is what they want to do, then I’m sure they will have no problem making up some research and manipulating all the statistics to fit their agenda.
 
Anyone that has a single drink and drives is a tool.

If you have keys and will be driving then have a coke or water or anything else.

Its no biggy not being able to have a pint of beer or a half ffs.

And if you think it is..Then you need to get a life.
 
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easyrider said:
Anyone that has a single drink and drives is a tool.

If you have keys and will be driving then have a coke or water or anything else.

Its no biggy not being able to have a pint of beer or a half ffs.

And if you think it is..Then you need to get a life.
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:)
 
When I started driving I made a rule to myself with regards alcohol when I was going to be on the road.
This rule, which I have stuck to (except once) for the 15 years I've been driving has worked for me - one drink only.
My rule goes on - the one drink is not a spirit, it is not a stupid high in alcohol drink.
It is either a single pint of "Regular strength" beer/lager or one bottle of said.
If I only have half a pint I do NOT go back for another half.
If I have a bottle I don't think "Well bottle is less than a pint" and have a second.

This is the rule I decided on, this is the rule I've stuck to and I feel confident when I say that because of this rule to myself I've only ever driven whilst over the limit once.
That one and only time I remember well as it was the night Diana died.
We were all supposed to be camping under the stars in a meadow just outside of town.
We all arrived, lit our fire, the alcohol started flowing and then unfortunately did the rain.
I should have slept in the car, but I decided to risk the 10 mile drive home.
I got away with the this (almost entirely motorway) drive home but felt sick in the stomach when I realised what I'd done.

Personally I welcome any reduction in the amount of alcohol allowance before being able to drive.
Because those people "on the limit" and "just under" at the moment are those that will be "just over" next time, you know, when they have killed someone.
I'll simply adjust my rule to be "A single half" when I know I'm going to be driving and I'll be happy.
 
stoofa said:
When I started driving I made a rule to myself with regards alcohol when I was going to be on the road.
This rule, which I have stuck to (except once) for the 15 years I've been driving has worked for me - one drink only.
My rule goes on - the one drink is not a spirit, it is not a stupid high in alcohol drink.
It is either a single pint of "Regular strength" beer/lager or one bottle of said.
If I only have half a pint I do NOT go back for another half.
If I have a bottle I don't think "Well bottle is less than a pint" and have a second.

This is the rule I decided on, this is the rule I've stuck to and I feel confident when I say that because of this rule to myself I've only ever driven whilst over the limit once.
That one and only time I remember well as it was the night Diana died.
We were all supposed to be camping under the stars in a meadow just outside of town.
We all arrived, lit our fire, the alcohol started flowing and then unfortunately did the rain.
I should have slept in the car, but I decided to risk the 10 mile drive home.
I got away with the this (almost entirely motorway) drive home but felt sick in the stomach when I realised what I'd done.

Personally I welcome any reduction in the amount of alcohol allowance before being able to drive.
Because those people "on the limit" and "just under" at the moment are those that will be "just over" next time, you know, when they have killed someone.
I'll simply adjust my rule to be "A single half" when I know I'm going to be driving and I'll be happy.
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why bother at all?

Whats so special about having one drink?

Totally pointless imo.
 
easyrider said:
why bother at all?

Whats so special about having one drink?

Totally pointless imo.
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errr because i actually "enjoy" a beer :confused:

You dont HAVE to drink to get ****** you know
 
Sam said:
errr because i actually "enjoy" a beer :confused:

You dont HAVE to drink to get ****** you know
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I'm sorry but that is such a lame excuse.

If you drink don't drive that should be the message.

Not half ,not one, not any.
 
easyrider said:
why bother at all?

Whats so special about having one drink?

Totally pointless imo.
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When I'm going out with the wife for a meal I'll have a drink with the meal.
I like the taste of beer/lager so I like to have that single drink with our meal.
We don't do clubs and if it's a pub we've going to then we're either going to the local (walking) or if it's going to be a long night then we're using a taxi.

If I'm out driving and I'm in a position where I am likely to be having a drink it will 99% of the time be a position where I am only going to be having a single drink that evening.
I am confident that my single drink can be alcoholic and after 15 years of following that rule I know that single drink is not effecting my ability to drive.

I don't go out to get drunk - I've gown up.
However if I'm going out and I know that I'll be consuming more than one drink then as said above we're eitehr walking or using a taxi, simple.
 
easyrider said:
I'm sorry but that is such a lame excuse.

If you drink don't drive that should be the message.

Not half ,not one, not any.
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i dont agree

therealnerd2 said:
I hear you, but that one pint just makes me want the second even more :rolleyes: :p
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Yep but thats where self control comes into the picture and where many people go wrong personally i simply dont find it a problem

Beer

Then orange / coke / water etc
 
We may have the highest limit but we also have the harshest penalty. In the countries with a lower limit, drink driving is often dealt with similarly to how we'd deal with a minor speeding offence here.
 
[TW]Fox said:
We may have the highest limit but we also have the harshest penalty. In the countries with a lower limit, drink driving is often dealt with similarly to how we'd deal with a minor speeding offence here.
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Exactly. A Dutch friend of mine got caught three times over the limit and only received a fine!
 
GSXRMovistar said:
There needs to be some allowance for those that have been drinking the night before who have alcohol traces in their system but are still way below the actual current limit.

A zero limit would end up causing far too much confusion, some poor bugger gets done for drink driving for using mouthwash before heading out for the day. :p
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mouth wash will be picked up by the smaller road side machines, but by the time your put on the main intoxiliser machine all traces of the alchol in your mouth will have gone.
 
I don't see how lowering the limit will help anyway.

All the drink drivers you on these traffic cops shows are way way over the limit, they show no repect for the law as it is so lowering it won't help.

This just means people can't enjoy a pint with a meal or one at the beginning of a night out.

Police should concentrate on getting doped up drivers of the road more than people with a tiny bit of alcohol in their system.
 
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dsb said:
mouth wash will be picked up by the smaller road side machines, but by the time your put on the main intoxiliser machine all traces of the alchol in your mouth will have gone.
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Maybe so, but that's an overhead the police force can't resource each time they pull someone over.
 
MonkeyMan said:
Police should concentrate on getting doped up drivers of the road more than people who a tiny bit of alcohol in their system.
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Yep also people with no insurance, no license, stolen cars etc. These are more dangerous than someone who has a pint of beer.
 
Scottland said:
If they have some research that shows the current levels are too high, and need lowering, IMO they should have a lower tier of punishment (e.g. points) as I think at the moment the minimum is a 28day ban?
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I thought the minimum was a 12 month ban?
 
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