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Post by Sterland (S4E) on Dec 12, 2007 21:40:23 GMT -1
Just a note from North Yorks Police on the website.. Plus they now have 'static sites' stationed around the county to pull people at random to test them..
Don't do it, cost me quite a lot..
185/07/gt
NO-WHERE TO HIDE FOR DRINK DRIVERS
The hard-hitting “95 Alive” festive campaign to target drink-driving has already led to the arrest of more than 30 people who have failed to heed the warnings.
Figures for the first six days of the month-long campaign revealed that 774 breath tests were carried out by North Yorkshire Police officers.
These include routine tests for drivers involved in collisions and all motoring offences, as well as those randomly flagged down to take part in the many static check points which also emphasise road safety education and stark drink-driving messages.
Particular emphasis is given to potential “morning after the night before” offenders.
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Post by Sterland (S4E) on Dec 12, 2007 21:41:45 GMT -1
The guys that knew me then will know where I am coming from..
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Dec 12, 2007 21:43:46 GMT -1
LOL one thinks one might learn from ones mistakes...?!  |
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Dec 12, 2007 21:45:31 GMT -1
The guys that knew me then will know where I am coming from.. But mate,you were just damn unlucky as you got hit. No excuse i know but still unlucky. |
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Post by Sterland (S4E) on Dec 12, 2007 21:59:57 GMT -1
Yeah, and no 'drink awareness' course is still going to make me think what happened to me was justified.. Just letting you all know.. As Chop says I was unlucky, I remember bleating about it at the time and at the end of the day it makes no difference at all.. I blew, I was over, thats the law. The guys that knew me then will know where I am coming from.. But mate,you were just damn unlucky as you got hit. No excuse i know but still unlucky. |
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Post by miz on Dec 12, 2007 22:09:46 GMT -1
The guys that knew me then will know where I am coming from.. But mate,you were just damn unlucky as you got hit. No excuse i know but still unlucky. or perhaps he was more lucky to be caught...if you think of what potentially could happen. |
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Post by Roaster©®™ on Dec 12, 2007 22:18:58 GMT -1
I'll be honest - when I first met the missus and moved out into the sticks at first I was very conscious of "the following morning" and driving.
It was brill living in the middle of no-where and a five minute walk away from a pub with extremely friendly opening hours (this is 8 years ago so no 24 hour licences then)!
I was involved in a car smash (February 2000) - no fault of my own as a driver pulled out in front of me when I was no more than 20 feet away from HER! Police arrived after ambulance but first thing they did was breathalise me and her! I was shitting rivets having left the friendly country local some 8 hours previously full of 6 or 7 pints of bitter! (She'd just finished a night shift as a nurse so was probably negative anyway).
I too was negative - car was a fucking write off - and the bitch actually tried to sue me (via Insurance) under one of these "No Win No Fee Insurance Schemes" (she lost and was hit with huge legal fees as her insurance company wouldn't stump up (her fault).
However - I now live a mile and half from my work (20 min walk - or a regular bus service every 12 mins) and have ditched my car (and am about £400 a month better off in my pocket too)!
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