Night out, round of golf and breathalysed....not in that order.

[Tommo21]

Out last night at the ocean terminal Leith. Around 3000 peeps and every one of them younger than me but I don’t care it was good fun. Anyway, still got up first light and was on the tee at the Royal. Played not bad only 3 over par until the 12th when I ran up an 8 with a self called penalty. Still got round in 81 blows with an additonal 7 on the back nine.

Anyway guys, take care, don’t drink and drive, the cops are on the case just now. Breathalysed for the first time last night and even though I only had one magners at the end of the night.....I was still $hitting myself.

 

[madandra]

I am the same when it comes to drinking during the week. I avoid it and abstain from even a single beer on a school night cos I have so much to loose.

 

[RGuk]

I get breathalysed quite regularly (no joke!), I think it's because I tend to drive fast and late (work) but I don't break speed limits. I also use the cruise control and tend to sit at 59.9 mph which seems to attract some attention (I know, it's beyond me! )

I like the boys in blue and always get out and say hello, since I've not got anything to hide.
It makes me laugh when they say things like "I can smell alcohol on your breath" when I had a 1/2 like 2 hours ago!!!

Around here they seem unable to spot the real drink-drivers.....I see them all the time......some re-training me thinks!!!

 

[MVP]

I got breath tested couple of years ago after an england match! Luckily only blew 0.1 after 4 cans of John Smiths and a Pizza,

 

[Cernunnos]

So is Pizza the new cure for alcohol ?

Quite frankly risking your licence is not worth that pint or three. Hence why If I want a drink its either at home or I walk into town & then only if I know I'm not going to be driving the next morning.

I supose that's why a lot of us no longer have the apetite for alcohol many of us once had.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

To be honest it is one of the main reasons I never learnt to drive. I use to live in between Morden and Wimbledon in SW London so there were tubes buses and trains until at least 1.00am. I could do Wembley Stadium to home on the tube in an hour and could go anywhere and get as drunk as I wanted an know I would get home. When I moved to my current house the pub is only a ten minute walk away so getting home was never an issue.

I have always commuted to work (when in London) and either worked in the same company as HID or had jobs in Bracknell until my current role which is still a simple train journey away.

The ironic thing is that HID is virtually teetotal and has been since I've known her. She may have a glass of wine once in a blue moon or a bucks fizz at Christmas. Sometimes she'd pick me up from the pub at chucking out time. Even though it is a 5 minute drive she has been stopped at least 5 times on the way to the pub and 3 times when she has picked me up. The last time the officer siad he had seen us leaving the pub even though he came from a junction about 400 yards in the opposite direction. He said he could smell alcohol (that would have been me and my 6 pints!) and made HID take a breath test. Unsurprisingly it didn't register anything. He wasn't a happy camper and proceeded to check the car and wheels (jobsworth). I didn't have the heart to tell him i thad been MOT'd that day and had 4 new tyres !

Now I can't drink at all I do find it hard to condone others leaving the pub and driving even after a single pint. I'm sure if rural areas such as mine actually had a decent bus service that ran after 10.00pm or taxi drivers that charged a reasonable rate then people would leave the car at home more often and not just over the Christmas period when they know there is more chance of a pull

 

[madandra]

Homer, in regards to taxi drivers charging a reasonable rate (I am guessing they charge loads in London) I find a taxi cheaper than a fine every time. If I want a cab from glasgow its usually £30 (12 miles) or if I am out in my town its about £6 (3 miles).

 

[DCB]

Too much to loose at any time of the year, not just the present annual Christmas crack down. I need my license to be able to drive, I need to drive for my work. Without license ..... too painfull to think really.

So I generally stick to the soft stuff if I've got the car.

Recently had to fork out £50 in taxi fares to get to and from our centenary dinner, but it was worth it, a good night out was had by all. I could even dance by the end of the night!

Be carefull out there, it's not just yourself it's the others that can suffer as well.

 

[haplesshacker]

One thing I have noticed as I've got older is the inability to recover from the night before. So much so that I have to plan any session so that it does not conflict with, driving the next day at any time. Whether it be for golf, being daddy and mummy for the day if HID is at work, work, or anything else. It's got to the point where, I could almost give up alcohol. The only problem is that now when I do have one, it generally means that I end up having a lot, and then regreting it for 3 days

 

[Imurg]

I used to drink and drive - used to think nothing of having 4-5 pints and driving home. Not anymore.

I was lucky. I never got caught. I was also stupid but then arn't we all in our early 20's?

Now, as a Driving Instructor, if I get caught D&D that's my career down the pan. Happened to one of our local instructors this time last year. Had 3, got caught, 18 month ban, fine, struck off the ADI Register and can't re-apply for 10 years by which time he'll be 65. And he'll have to start qualification from scratch.

Too much to lose.

 

[madandra]

I remember as an 18 year old we went out with some exchange students from our German twin town, Schweinfurt and as I was the only one that could drive I stuck to low alcohol lager. I had about 5 pints of the stuff and when I got us home I realised I was feeling the effects of the beer and should never had driven.

 

[Cernunnos]

I used to drink and drive - used to think nothing of having 4-5 pints and driving home. Not anymore.

I was lucky. I never got caught. I was also stupid but then arn't we all in our early 20's?

Now, as a Driving Instructor, if I get caught D&D that's my career down the pan. Happened to one of our local instructors this time last year. Had 3, got caught, 18 month ban, fine, struck off the ADI Register and can't re-apply for 10 years by which time he'll be 65. And he'll have to start qualification from scratch.

Too much to lose.

Very true... too much to loose.

And of course years ago when we would drink a few pints we were used to actually having that sort of intake. The body builds up a resistance to the effects of alcohol during the time many years ago when we were used to regular drinking.

Thats why some relitively heavy drinkers show very little sign of having had anything at all.

Times have changed & as a general driving populus we tend not to drink when we are likely to need to go anywhere other than on foot & therefore when we do have a pint it feels like we've had three of the ones we might have 25 years ago...

These days I'd even think twice half a pint or a shandy.

It probably also explains why as a person that likes malt whisky I don't seem to be drinking much of of the expanding supply I have. Expanding because, every christmas & birthday there is always that extra bottle that seems to make its way onto the shelf. Some of which have never been opened to even try. I very rarely feel like drinking these days.

If I do go out anywhere & know I am going to have a drink then I'll only go as far as I can walk & where as years ago I might have had a few, these days one drink would be sufficient with a meal & not just because alcohol costs more these days...Just don't feel like having more.

I remember the other month, we walked into town to allow me to have a drink with the meal. We'd gone to Pizzahut, but after sitting down rather than ordering a Magners or a beer, all I felt like having was the refilable Pepsi... And we'd actually walked into town.

 

[rgs]

As a insurance claims handler i end up settling the claims that follow from the idiotic driving of the drunk drivers and other lunatics who cause untold suffering to so many innocent road users.

I am a major backer of the crackdown on drink driving and inappropriate speed--however the use of speed traps on major motorways and roads without a fatality in 20 years does not add anything to road safety, they are a revenue making scam.
Speed camera should be placed on the roads where fatalities have occurred over the last 2/3 years.

 

[Imurg]

But isn't the real point of a speed camera to enforce the law? I know there are rules on where they put them but at the end of the day if you're speeding and you get caught, who's fault is it?

its only a money making scam if you play their game.

 

[rgs]

Imurg--Over here we get told that speed cameras are purely for road safety and now to catch motorists doing 90KM on a dual carriageway when the speed limit is set at an inappropriate 80KM instead of a more realistic 100KM limit.

 

[Imurg]

Trouble is the powers that be have set the limits - I appreciate (and agree!) that what you've quoted is too low but rules is rules.