Drink & a Cab Home

[Guest]

Friend sent me this this morning.

With the Holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my friends about drinking and driving.

As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social session" out with friends. Well two days ago I was out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine.

Feeling jolly I still had the sense to know that I may be slightly over the limit.

That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home.

Sure enough on the way home there was a police roadblock but since it was a cab they waved it past. I arrived home safely without incident.

This was a real surprise, as I had never driven a cab before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it.

DON'T DRINK & DRIVE HOWEVER FUNNY YOU THINK THIS IS.......!!!!!

Laurie

[papa 695]

It is funny Laurie but also with a very good message. It's not worth it for a few quid taxi fare, have a great safe Christmas every one

[Guest]

I agree with Ian, gave me a giggle but the message is a clear one!

I always like to see the coppers face when he asks "when was the last time you had a drink sir?" and I say "18th November 1981 and I'm still suffering the hangover" :-) :-)

[Ian M]

Last time I got stopped, was on the way to collect SWMBO from her Christmas party, it was minus 15 frost capped snow and three in the morning. The only thing I had drank was hot coffee. I have the odd beer once in a while and the occasional Whisky. But if I have to drive I dont drink. Its just not worth it and if there is one thing I really dislike its drunk drivers.

I will just add that in Denmark they are rather hard on drink drivers and I have mates at work that have lost their licence on very iffy circumstances.

The one was sleeping in the passenger seat in the back of the car, in a car park. He was woken by the police. made to blow in the bag and got knicked for drunk driving.

The other went to his car the day after a party, to get a CD out of the player. He entered the car from the passenger side and put the key in the ignition and then felt a tap on his shoulder. He to lost his licence! So Over here its very much a case of if you are drunk, or was the day before. Don't go near a car.

Ian M

[Guest]

Bit fortunate now in a flat which is on the edge of town.

Restaurants 38 within 400 yards. Even Pauline can make that on her shankses, poor dear.

Laurie

[Guest]

I like the law in Denmark Ian... ... Zero tolerance.... Just as it should be!!

[Guest]

Yes I like zero tolerance Colin providing it is aimed at the right people in the right way.

I have seen, since this method of control came in, that in some ways it has been used in rather silly & senseless ways. If that continues there will be a back lash as it is not acceptable & certainly not democratic. Britain is not a police state & may for ever it continue to be so. We are a free people to do as we wish providing we respect the wishes of others to do as they wish & providing we do not stray into the boundaries of others that they would not wish us to do to them.

Laws (rules are a different thing) are actually not needed for say 98% of the community. They are needed for that 2% who do not respect the Christian morality which 98% do despite the fact that the greater majority are not, as such, following Christianity in a theologian manner.

Laurie

[Guest]

Not wishing to start a debate, (but it probably will do:-)) I feel the need to explain my statement fully.

This is in no way connected to the fact that I'm tee-total.

The law should be ANY alcohol detected when driving should result in loss of licence.

This is for the main reason that people have different tolerances to alcohol and so the root of it should be omitted fully.

Example.... If an average drinker has a single pint of beer, and so do I, even though we are both under the limit by law, he would be able to drive a car to a reasonably safe standard where-as I would be almost totally incapacitated, but would still pass the breath test/urine test etc.

[Guest]

Agree there Colin.

My argument, if argument it be, was about zero tolerance for anything. Zero tolerance on drinking I would not include "in some ways it has been used in rather silly & senseless ways" as written above.

I bet it was you who nicked that cab in 1981. o_O

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

My experiences from flying air ambulances is that if you drink and drive and have a crash you can expect to be severely injured and you may not even know anything about how it happened. Someone has to extract you from the wreckage, clean up the mess you cause, notify relatives, deal with any injuries or deal with your body, and if you live everyone pays for you to be patched up in a hospital which could be better utilised. As has been said, the harsh reality is that you should not drink and drive if you are over your country's limit.