Drunk Driver-Fine+ Ban + wrath of wife

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Thu 8 Feb 2007 22:32
Drunk Driver-Fine+ Ban + wrath of wife - Falkirk Bairn
A man left early for work so he could pick up his wife - but knocked her down after his car skidded off the road in Perthshire, a court heard. Perth Sheriff Court heard how Paul Neil called 999 to get help but was then breathalysed by the police, who found he was over the limit.

The 43-year-old admitted driving while one-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit on 12 November last year. Neil, from Pitlochry, was banned from driving for a year and fined £500.

His solicitor, Paul Ralph, told the court that no matter what punishment the customer sales advisor received, it would be nothing compared to his wife Karen's wrath.
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Thu 8 Feb 2007 23:00
Drunk Driver-Fine+ Ban + wrath of wife - mk124
LOL.

Well we just had a thread about shaving whilst driving. In this instance someone was doing something stupid and then a bad thng happened. However prehapps the authurities should go easy on the man involved and only charge him with drunk driving, rather that knocking down a person. I am sure that his wife will make him realise that he acted in a way he shoulden't more effectivly than any higher authrity could.
Also the 'outcome' of this drunk driving is internalised in the family unit so there is little need for the authrities to intervene. - Makes the punishment look rather harsh.

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Fri 9 Feb 2007 01:10
Drunk Driver-Fine+ Ban + wrath of wife - Stuartli
He should have told his wife the circumstances and that she should make her own way home; he could easily have arranged for a taxi to pick her up.
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