drink driving

drink driving is the cause of a huge amount of accidents & deaths in this country yesterday Fianna Fail backbencher Mattie McGrath said ''I know people for whom drink is a relaxant & they might be more relaxed without it:rolleyes: I drink everyone knows drink affects people in different ways even one drink impairs your concentration in my mind, why not ban drinking altogether if your behind the wheel zero limit
remember u are a danger to yourself & others when u drink & drive....

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Originally Posted by experienced punter

drink driving is the cause of a huge amount of accidents & deaths in this country yesterday Fianna Fail backbencher Mattie McGrath said ''I know people for whom drink is a relaxant & they might be more relaxed without it:rolleyes: I drink everyone knows drink affects people in different ways even one drink impairs your concentration in my mind, why not ban drinking altogether if your behind the wheel zero limit
remember u are a danger to yourself & others when u drink & drive....

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Great subject Ex-P.

Watch this...
YouTube - tribute to drunk driving fatalities

correction: Mattie McGraths said ''I know people for whom drink is a relaxant & they might be more nervous without it''

good topic mate!

i agree there should be zero tolarence when it comes to drink driving:mad::mad:

if you go out maybe sunday for lunch or what ever the reason, you shouldnt even be allowed to a glass ov beer. none what so ever, dont care who you are or what your capable of drinking, there's people lives out there that your taking a chance with!:mad::mad:

Have to agree. A full baN ON IT SHOULD HELP

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i had a lucky escape once when stoped by the cops i had two pints and i was told to get out of the car i thought to myself harry its your own fault my legs were like jelly with the fear but i was very very lucky the cops took my keys and the lady cop drove my car home and the guy brought me home but i got a good warning and i would never ever do anything like that again if i had been drunk i think they would have done me for sure never again :)

I got breathalised once, when I was younger

Id say the saw me coming in my banger of a car at the time

and said Random Breath test.

There was nothing Random about it
all the new mercs and whatnot were let through
but my green 98 polo (thank God thast gone) was stopped

Was told to breath in to the device till he said stop

Not the best thing to say to a heavy smoker btw

Any way after blowing into it and turning blue in the process

I asked if I passed, jokeingly

and the cop replied , Why shouldnt you have and he gave me another breath test agaion on the spot

Bastartd

Its horrendous for a public figure to say what I stated above it just goes to prove how far removed from reality some are, if u drink & drive u are a halfwit u couldn't care less about yourself but moreso how dare u put other peoples life at risk without a care in the world the cheek of u:mad:...

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Originally Posted by doozer121

I got breathalised once, when I was younger

Id say the saw me coming in my banger of a car at the time

and said Random Breath test.

There was nothing Random about it
all the new mercs and whatnot were let through
but my green 98 polo (thank God thast gone) was stopped

Was told to breath in to the device till he said stop

Not the best thing to say to a heavy smoker btw

Any way after blowing into it and turning blue in the process

I asked if I passed, jokeingly

and the cop replied , Why shouldnt you have and he gave me another breath test agaion on the spot

Bastartd

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yes some of them can be bastards i was lucky and i couldn't thank them enough

bold boys, the pair of you, next time you or a family might not be so lucky:mad::mad:

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Originally Posted by experienced punter

Its horrendous for a public figure to say what I stated above it just goes to prove how far removed from reality some are, if u drink & drive u are a halfwit u couldn't care less about yourself but moreso how dare u put other peoples life at risk without a care in the world the cheek of u:mad:...

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imade one mistake by drinking two pints and ithe cops saw that i was far from drunk so they drove me home and gave me a good warning i was lucky and some people learn from there mistakes i did i agree totally with what you are saying

Totally against drink driving. My best mate was killed by a drunk driver.

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Originally Posted by he who dares wins

bold boys, the pair of you, next time you or a family might not be so lucky:mad::mad:

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I hope you werent refering to me as I didnt have a drop of alcohol in my system when I was pulled.

I was just bre telling something that happend to me.
The thing was I was stopeed because I had a bad car compared to the rest who were just waved through

The point I was making was I was totally 100% sober when I was pulled yet I did see other drivers pyshically being nervous behind the wheel as I was stopped yet they were waved through

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Originally Posted by he who dares wins

good topic mate!

i agree there should be zero tolarence when it comes to drink driving:mad::mad:

if you go out maybe sunday for lunch or what ever the reason, you shouldnt even be allowed to a glass ov beer. none what so ever, dont care who you are or what your capable of drinking, there's people lives out there that your taking a chance with!:mad::mad:

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For starters when a senior FF member can drive down the wrong way on a dual carraigeway ,langers drunk and f'all done to him and he even becomes an FF hero for speaking abiut it and saying it was wrong,sends out a very bad message.

Also those ads on tv have turned in into a bigger joke.They are so fake looking.They need real accidents,real ppl involved in them to speak on these ads not actors or staged events.They need pics etc.

Westside.

PS that FF backbencher should resign.

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Originally Posted by feargal

Well for my tuppence worth the lot of you might not be so self richous if you lived out the country and went for a couple of pints all your life, Now with the new laws coming in people like this will be isolated. I think a mature person with 2 pints driving a few miles home is less of a danger than young drivers driving at speed

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there is no excuse for drinking and driving none.Sorry but a drunk old idiot is the same as a drunk young idiot behind the wheel of a car.Ppl living in the country can takes turns to drive and not drink on eack night.They can also have a mini bus or something frop a griup of them home together and it wouldnt cost much regardless of what Gay Byrne said.

much less than the cost of a life,
Westside.

there is no way that a zero tollerance attitude can be taken to alcohol consumption whilst driving a car. The human body has far too many ways of taking in microscopic amounts of alcohol from the food we eat, the aftershave and so forth. Therefore in the eyes of the law, although a presence of alcohol is detected it is without doubt no fault of the person driving the car, nor can it be proven beyond reasonable doubt that it will effect the performance of said driver in his or her ability. Therefore it must be taken into account that there will always be a tollerance for alcohol presence in the bloodstream.

So with that in mind, how about the fucking government get off their arses and give us a 24hr, multi pointed public transport system?

Too easy for you FF? I thought so!

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Originally Posted by feargal

Well for my tuppence worth the lot of you might not be so self richous if you lived out the country and went for a couple of pints all your life, Now with the new laws coming in people like this will be isolated. I think a mature person with 2 pints driving a few miles home is less of a danger than young drivers driving at speed

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that opinion is the kind of thinking that we simply need to outlaw in this country arranging lifts or organizing a taxi between ye is only for city folk? surprised with u Feargal...

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Originally Posted by experienced punter

that opinion is the kind of thinking that we simply need to outlaw in this country arranging lifts or organizing a taxi between ye is only for city folk? surprised with u Feargal...

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