17-03-13, 03:40 PM
Yes he should have gone to jail on his 3rd time drink driving even if he hadn't been involved in an accident. I hope his insurance try make him repay as he was drunk but I doubt it.
There's a lot said about drinking and driving, something like 1 in 7 accidents involve someone who has been drinking ""to excess" so what about the other 6 ? I don't drink if I'm on my bike, if I'm driving I might have one or two pints but any more and I'm walking, the last time I was pulled, at midnight, for "driving too close to the near side" that was after telling them I wasn't weaving about and doing 50 in a 60 limit isn't an offence, I blew 6 the limit is 35, I'd had 2 pints over about 2 hours, don't forgot that the number of pints a drink driver claims is the number squared........... eg. 2 = 4. 3 = 9 etc. the only way to reduce is to reduce the speed limit, that is 15mph in a built up area and 30mph on motorways and I bet the death rate would go from 3000 to 30 per year.
but that's not going to happen, no way.
There's a lot said about drinking and driving, something like 1 in 7 accidents involve someone who has been drinking ""to excess" so what about the other 6 ? I don't drink if I'm on my bike, if I'm driving I might have one or two pints but any more and I'm walking, the last time I was pulled, at midnight, for "driving too close to the near side" that was after telling them I wasn't weaving about and doing 50 in a 60 limit isn't an offence, I blew 6 the limit is 35, I'd had 2 pints over about 2 hours, don't forgot that the number of pints a drink driver claims is the number squared........... eg. 2 = 4. 3 = 9 etc. the only way to reduce is to reduce the speed limit, that is 15mph in a built up area and 30mph on motorways and I bet the death rate would go from 3000 to 30 per year.
but that's not going to happen, no way.