Avon and Somerset Police are mounting an anti drink-driving campaign throughout the summer............ roadside checks would be carried out at known hotspots .......
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6921358.stm
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All forces are supposed to be doing it
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as I understand it even if you get pulled over for a defective light (or other minor infringement ) you can expect to be breathalysed too.
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as I understand it even if you get pulled over for a defective light (or other minor infringement ) you can expect to be breathalysed too.
anyone who has:
- committed moving traffic offence (e.g. defective light, 31mph in 30 limit etc)
- had an accident
- suspected of driving under influence of alcohol (e.g. poor lane discipline)
can be required to provide breath test.
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Good call!
Strange isn't it? When I started driving in the early 90's, drinking and driving was socially unacceptable among people of my age. The only people I knew who drunk and drove were in their 50's or older. This seems to be changing though with the current generation of drivers being caught increasingly often.
Apart from the odd pang of sympathy when someone gets caught the morning after despite feeling perfectly OK, as happened to a friend (she failed the breath test by 1 microgramme), I have no sympathy at all for drunk drivers.
Cheers
DP
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>>>Strange isn't it? When I started driving in the early 90's, drinking and driving was socially unacceptable among people of my age. The only people I knew who drunk and drove were in their 50's or older.<<<
When I started driving in the early 60?s drinking and driving was commonplace. The over 50?s referred to above obviously didn?t change their ways.
Good call, indeed.
Clk Sec
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(she failed the breath test by 1 microgramme)
Was watching one of the police programs on tele last night.
Driver failed the roadside test & failed the station test with a reading of 37, fail is over 35.
They didn't prosecute, apparently only if 40 or over. Never heard that before.
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Never heard that before
Might not have but has been standard practice since Adam was a drunk driver. (around 1981 to be exact)
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Incidentally, and at the risk of this degenerating into a speed thread, the Government has stated that it sees a parallel between drink driving and speeding. It sees the tacit condoning of speeding as similar to the acceptance of drink driving in the 60's. It wants to make speeding as socially unacceptable in the future as drink driving is now. You have been warned.
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speeding as socially unacceptable in the future as drink driving is now.
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All depends on what society you inhabit doesn't it?
I wouldn't dream of 'not accepting' someone for either provided they did it safely, as most do of course.
Yip yip yip yip yip... why don't people find absolutely carp and dangerous driving socially unacceptable? Because it's so widespread, that's why.
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It sees the tacit condoning of speeding as similar to the acceptance of drink driving in the 60's
Having spent the late 50s/early 60s honing both my driving and my drinking skills among a large group of friends, I have often wondered how none of us ever had an accident. I think it was because we drove with pride. The slightest error would have dented that pride, so we didn't make mistakes.
Then, in 1966, the dead hand of socialism descended upon this fair land and rules and regulations swept aside the pride.
So, all of you, be good boys and girls and obey all the rules and regulations imposed by "those who know best" for your own benefit.
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So all of you be good boys and girls and obey all the rules and regulations imposed by "those who know best" for your own benefit.
And stop bothering the grownups. Quite, eProf (what's the circumflex?)
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And stop bothering the grownups.
Yes, young man!
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e Prôf - Another Recycled Teenager
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the legal limit is 35, so if you blow 36 you're over the limit. Most forces operate a policy of only prosecuting if you're over 39 i.e. 40 or more (although some don't).......the extra 4 is to ensure public acceptance of the machine. So if you are 'over' you are noticeably over.
If you blow between 40 and 50, you are allowed to have the breath machine print-out evidence swapped for a blood or urine option, which is analysed in a lab...again for confidence of the system.
the breath machine is very accurate.
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Police are targeting drivers under the influence of drugs as part of a summer crackdown in England and Wales.
They say drug-driving is a "growing problem" and can be as dangerous as driving while under the influence of alcohol.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6922212.stm
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