General Chat

Hi Steven,

It IS interesting to get peoples views.

I think it's just a sign of the times. Everyone seems to think that society owes them something nowadays and there's a couldn't care less attitude about many things.

No respect for themselves or anyone else.

Linda

Just to add, My husband is a bus driver in London. He can be tested for drugs or alcohol at any time. If he failed any test he would be sacked.
My husband never drinks the day before (even the afternoon) if he is working the next day - It just isn't worth it

Pat

That's a bit extreme.....but...........

My son has had to tell people that they have lost a relative through someone's stupidity. Very distressing

Linda

My o.h. has always had a very careless attitude to drink driving, and I know he has done it sometimes, and often driven to work the next morning at 6am when he has been drinking the night before. He wouldn't believe me that he will still have more than enough alcohol in his bloodstream to be over the limit, and not in full control of his faculties.
I rarely drink and drive, and if I am driving, the maximum amount of alcohol I will have is 1 glass on wine with soda water.

It's just not worth the risk.

Lizx

I really enjoy a glass of wine and have one MOST nights with my dinner.
I will not have one at all if I have to drive at night.
It is just not worth it.
If hubby and I do go out for dinner in the car, one or the other doesn't drink at all. Luckily we are both responsible drinkers and drivers.

Regards
Jackie

good thread

i dont think we should be allowed to drive if we have had a drink or taken some kind of tablets

I rarely drink at all, the only time I have consumed a drink and then later driven it has been 1 glass of wine at a wedding, and recently a mug of mulled wine when out shopping (and I walked that one off!).

I think having a 0 drink limit would simplify matters a great deal as people still don't understand units and there should be a time limit as well. No driving within X hours of drinking.

I witnessed the most terrible accident on Christmas Eve,in the late 1950's between two cars, and the casualties were laying all over the road. I shall never forget this, and from then on, we never drank and drove.

Occasionally, we stayed in the Hotel the function was held.

Nowadays, we are content to stay at home, and never venture far in the evenings. Although as already pointed out, I have seen lorry drivers pulled up on the road and breathaliised, who were still over the limit the next day. So when is it safe?

I went to a party,


And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mum
So I had a sprite instead..

I felt proud of myself,

The way you said I would,
That I didn't drink and drive,
Though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,

And your advice to me was right,
The party finally ended,
And the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,

Sure to get home in one piece,
I never knew what was coming, Mum
Something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,

And I hear the policeman say,
The kid that caused this wreck was drunk,
Mum, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,

As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
This girl is going to die.

I'm sure the guy had no idea,

While he was flying high,
Because he chose to drink and drive,
Now I would have to die.

So why do people do it, Mum

Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
Like a hundred stabbing knives.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mum

I'm getting really scared.
These are my final moments,
And I'm so unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me Mum,

As I lie here and die..
I wish that I could say, 'I love you, Mum!'
So I love you and good-bye.

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) IS HOPING TO GET 5,000 SIGNATURES ON THIS,

If the Police were give authority to park in pub car parks and have a walk around the cars parked in there they would find reasons to speak to the driver and from the very fact he/she had been in the pub, breathalyse him/her successfully

But people would cry harrassment


I say don't drink and drive

A few years ago my car was wrecked in a collision with a drunk driver.

He literally ran away from the scene of the acident. It turned out the car he was driving was stolen and uninsured.

What if he had seriously injured or killed some one ?

Well I did it 4 years ago and got caught, I was wrong and regret it to this day, Nobody was hurt thank God, and even though Im not banned now I have never drove since
Davex

hi i think that any one who drinks and drives are idiots and if cought they should be banned from driving for good the can course so much pain to familys. painterman

If you drink you don't get behind the wheel full stop.

My friends son was killed by a drink driver , not any old drink driver , no this was a young qualified Doctor who left Tom at the scene to die , apart from the stupidity of his drink driving the Dr fled the scene . oh he returned to collect his mobile phone! , then reported his car as stolen .

Please don't drink & drive .

RIP Tom

THOMAS ALLUN HANSON
MY SON WAS KILLED BY A DRIVER WHO WAS SPEEDING, HAD BEEN DRINKING AND FAILED TO REMAIN AT THE SCENE. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS A DOCTOR, WHO IS UNDER OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE LIFE.
TOM WAS IN HIS SECOND YEAR AT UNIVERSITY AND ALL HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TUTORS HAD HIGH HOPES FOR HIM.
HE HAD JUST FULFILLED A DREAM OF SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS IN CANCUN IN JULY HIS 20TH BIRTHDAY.
TOM HAS TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS: ONE WHO IS STARTING

DRIVING LESSONS AND A GIRLFRIEND HE LOVED SO MUCH.
WE ALL MISS HIM SO MUCH AND WE ARE ALL FINDING IT SO HARD TO COME TO TERMS WITH.
WE LOVE YOU TOM BUT YOU WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER YOUNG. WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT AMAZING SMILE TILL WE ARE REUNITED. REST IN PEACE.


This was an article written by Julie (Toms mum . )

When we were in Florida we were told it was zero-tolerance there so one of us didn't drink at all each time we went out. It wasn't hard......in fact it was easier than measuring glass sizes, etc.

Julie and Karen, just read your post. I am so sorry. That's exactly what we all wish to prevent.

In Tobago there was no alcohol limit and it's a good thing the roads were empty because we even saw police drinking as they drove! Bizarre.

Hi Helen & thank you

If people who drink drive could see for themselves the devastation it leaves behind I'm sure they'd think twice , or god forbid if it happened to one of their own
Also the sentence when caught should reflect the crime .

The said Doctor got a driving ban & fine ,

That poor family, I know several people who have lost family members in accidents altho not car accidents, but have seen the effect on them, the accidents their youngsters had were drink related but not to do with cars.
Until people realise how long alcohol stays in the blood and how stupidly and carelessly it can make you behave we will always have these tragedies.
In our city, we used to have a pub for every day of the week, now many of them are closing altho we do still have a lot of pubs and many clubs etc that serve alcohol, but to my mind at least the fewer places there are, the less likely someone might be to drink and drive. Trouble is they still do it the next day.
Take care everyone, I make sure I don't let o.h. drink and drive now, well he isn't driving at the mo anyway, but if I thought he had done it I would shop him, no hesitation.

Lizx