New shock for drunk drivers

ToxicBunny said:
Ok, how about this...

Its 3am, I've been looking after my mates, haven't had a drop to drink, but whilst out I had a drink spilled on me. My clothes are now dry, but I will absolutely stink of booze. My eyes are bloodshot, and I'm unsteady on my feet because I'm absolutely shattered as well.
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You're tired. You are putting yourself and all your mates in danger as well. A bit silly getting behind the wheel feeling like that.
 
Or you have a stroke while driving, drive into a lamppost, and instead of getting an ambulance for you, the police lock you up for the night so you can sober up. This actually happened to someone I know. The symptoms of having a stroke can be quite similar to being drunk - slurred speaking, unbalanced, uncoordinated etc
 
ChocolateBadger said:
You're tired. You are putting yourself and all your mates in danger as well. A bit silly getting behind the wheel feeling like that.
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Not going to deny that in the slightest.. but I could get arrest for "driving under the influence of alcohol" even when I haven't had a single drink... does that seem even vaguely legal to you?
 
joelus said:
Or you have a stroke while driving, drive into a lamppost, and instead of getting an ambulance for you, the police lock you up for the night so you can sober up. This actually happened to someone I know. The symptoms of having a stroke can be quite similar to being drunk - slurred speaking, unbalanced, uncoordinated etc
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Patricia De Lille's husband?

http://m.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/De-Lilles-husband-has-stroke-gets-arrested-20121105

2012-11-05 08:42
Cape Town - The husband of Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille was arrested for reckless and negligent driving on Friday but apparently had suffered a stroke while driving in Pinelands.

De Lille said her husband had been arrested but that officials called an ambulance when they saw that Edwin De Lille was disorientated and confused, reported the Weekend Argus.

“The officers who arrested him said my husband did not know where he was. I took him to our house doctor who in turn managed to stabilise my husband’s blood pressure,” said De Lille.

It was his second stroke in three weeks, she said.

He was receiving medical attention.

De Lille rushed back to Cape Town after attending a meeting in Stellenbosch after learning of the incident.
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joelus said:
Or you have a stroke while driving, drive into a lamppost, and instead of getting an ambulance for you, the police lock you up for the night so you can sober up. This actually happened to someone I know. The symptoms of having a stroke can be quite similar to being drunk - slurred speaking, unbalanced, uncoordinated etc
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Wow...that's hectic. :(
 
I'm on a ketogenic diet. Acetone on the breath smells just like you've been drinking.

Had it happen a couple of times that cops smell my breath then immediately breathalyze me and then look completely be*** when it reads zero.

This is bad news for me.
 
Drunkard #1 said:
5. Speak for yourself. I'm 32 and don't see drinking becoming any less entertaining any time soon.
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I possibly could have guessed that from your forum name... ;)

ToxicBunny said:
I've started hearing good things about BuDDy's as well (www.buddys.co.za).
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I actually had them in mind when I posted the options. I know you get a further discount off the monthly subs if you are a Complimed Gap cover member.
 
There is no way this silly nonsense can hold up in court.

Chris said:
Flippen nanny carlisle. Must be one of the worst DA officials.
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He's a total nitwit. Even when experts have advised him that a new law or course of action is a bad idea he just goes ahead with it anyway. I'm starting to wonder if he was trained by New Labour. Because this kind of utter stupidity is classic New Labour (although the Conservatives are near close to as utterly stupid).
 
This sounds to be like it will simply create more loopholes for people to get away with it.

How about just fixing the actual problem...the fact that it takes 12 months to process a blood test. 1000 arrests a month mean 33 blood tests a day I mean how the **** can ONE lab get overburdened by that never mind a great many.

I get blood tests done through my doctor in less than a week, so how come the government has to wait a year for a universal test?

Sounds like typical job creation bull**** if you ask me.
 
Luckily no new shock for drunk posters/posting.

LOL, we should start an campaign with the slogan: "Rather drunk post then drive and stay alive!"
 
Korn1 said:
Me and the mates use Good Fellas :erm:
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What do you pay for that?

The news has, however, already prompted a top criminal attorney and a forensic expert to warn that relying on the observations of law enforcement officials to determine sobriety could be risky.
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Agree- whats stopping a metro officer from extorting a bribe- without evidence its your word vs his
 
Start enforcing the law we have.
Catch bribers and bribe payers.

Then look at making the law stricter.
We can out law alcohol. If nobody enforce the law it would be pointless.

Make the train go to more areas and later at night.
 
ave said:
What do you pay for that?



Agree- whats stopping a metro officer from extorting a bribe- without evidence its your word vs his
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That second part is what has everyone worries I believe. How the hell can you trust metro cops to enforce this properly?
 
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