A warning to Scots .

[reworht]

Originally Posted by visfix

We got hit by a drunk driver in 2010, who was three times over the limit. Destroyed our car, then span off us and hit another car that was behind us.

My wife broke her sternum, I shattered my wrist and thumb joint, which, eventually, led to me losing my job. The woman in the car behind broke her arm.

We were lucky!

Whilst I have no arguments with the new limit North of the Border and would happily accept this side - how the 'eck do you stop the people such as those above ?
They will never abide by the rules, however low (or high) the limit, so how do you stop them? more random breath tests - more people being honest & caring enough to shop pubgoers and family members who are blatantly unfit to drive - MUCH harsher penalties (longer bans, and fewer daft judges accepting defence Solicitors' pleas for hardship & other sob stories) ?
I don't have the answer - but I fear that until we can find a way of stopping the hardened drink driver, we'll never make big enough inroads to the death & injuries toll.

[Yella Fella]

Originally Posted by visfix

We got hit by a drunk driver in 2010, who was three times over the limit. Destroyed our car, then span off us and hit another car that was behind us.

My wife broke her sternum, I shattered my wrist and thumb joint, which, eventually, led to me losing my job. The woman in the car behind broke her arm.

We were lucky!

That highlights my point in my earlier post. The legislation means police essentially wait until there is an incident before a drink driver comes to their attention. Unfortunately deaths and serious accidents happen first before the police find the drink drivers. Crazy..

[FLYER]

Originally Posted by Jay

I came back home the other day in a taxi and they police were pulling people over but as I was in a taxi they just waved it on by.

I woke up with a massive hangover, looked in the garage and wondered where the hell I got the taxi from

Ah the old ones are the best Jay lad.

[FrazzleTC]

I never drink if I know that I'm driving, and, since I very rarely drink anyway, I'm quite keen to be a designated driver. I see absolutely no point in potentially jeopardising the lives of others, and, losing my license, for the sake of a pint, which I really don't need.

[Yella Fella]

Some helpful information give out today by my employer;

Today new legislation comes into place in Scotland that reduces the amount of alcohol you can have in your blood, breath or urine whilst still legally being able to drive.

This means it has become virtually impossible to judge how much you can drink before getting behind the wheel. So the best advice is if you are driving then don’t drink alcohol at all.

Just one alcoholic drink before driving can make you THREE times more likely to be involved in a fatal car crash.

And around one in ten deaths on Scottish roads involve a driver over the legal limit.

So what are the new limits? They are:
· 50mg of alcohol per 100ml blood
· 22mcg of alcohol per 100ml breath
· 67mg of alcohol per 100ml urine

What does it mean? Well, in today’s strengths and measures, one unit of alcohol is equal to:
· 25ml measure of spirits
· Half of a 175ml standard glass of wine (13% ABV)
· Half a pint of beer/lager (4% ABV)
And unit of alcohol contains 8g or 10ml of pure ethanol.

It takes approximately one hour for each unit of alcohol to be processed by your body and around ten hours for the following drinks to leave your system:
· 1 average bottle of wine
· 6 bottles of premium beer or lager
· 7 pub measures of spirits

So if you’re still keen on driving, you need a lot of information. You need to work out exactly how many drinks you’ve had, how many units it equates to, when you were drinking, how long the alcohol is in your system for, how long it will take to be processed by your body before finally working out when you’ll be safe enough to drive ...

Still want to risk it? Well let’s have a look at the consequences of being caught whilst over the limit.

Okay, so any amount of alcohol will affect your ability to drive and many people wrongly believe that because they feel OK the morning after the night before that they are fit to drive. You may not be.

And if you’re caught, it doesn’t matter how much you’ve had to drink. Just over the limit or well over the limit - the consequences are all the same.
Being caught the next morning will result in the same consequences as if you had been caught the night before. Take a deep breath, these are the possible outcomes for someone caught even just over the limit:

· An automatic 12 month driving ban
· The risk of a £5000 fine
· A criminal record for a minimum of 20 years
· A minimum 40 year criminal record if the offence attracts a prison sentence
· The offence will stay on your licence for 11 years
· The risk of a six month prison sentence
· And your car may be crushed or sold

Our advice? Don’t risk it. Leave the car at home or don’t drink at all. Don’t drive the next morning if you’ve been drinking the night before.

[Georgies Dad]

Anyone who gets caught for drink driving in my opinion should be banned from driving for life,and their car siezed and crushed.

Thats my opinion,the penalty should be worthy of the crime

Driving under the influence of drink Kills and ruins peoples lives.

[FLYER]

Originally Posted by w44nty

Anyone who gets caught for drink driving in my opinion should be banned from driving for life,and their car siezed and crushed.

Thats my opinion,the penalty should be worthy of the crime

Driving under the influence of drink Kills and ruins peoples lives.

that's the long and short of it.

[fraz59]

Originally Posted by Yella Fella

Some helpful information give out today by my employer;

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Mine gave out something as well now considering we have 15 drivers employed at my place

we got a A4 sheet of paper (tool box talk) all about how to ascend and descend stairs ...not a thing about the new DD law....great place to work

[FLYER]

Originally Posted by fraz59

Mine gave out something as well now considering we have 15 drivers employed at my place

we got a A4 sheet of paper (tool box talk) all about how to ascend and descend stairs ...not a thing about the new DD law....great place to work

Maybe it related to stairs whilst pashed...