Killjoys are out again

**Lou Girardin** · 30th October 2003, 15:34

Enjoy a smoke while you can people, I just read in the Herald that the Gummint is considering roadside tests for cannabis.
That stuff stays in your system for days. Or we could do like Bill Clinton, not inhale.

**Motoracer** · 30th October 2003, 15:58

What do you guys reckon about blasting when your high, I've spoken to someone who does that and he reckons it relaxes him so there is no danger involved. From personal experience, I wouldn't jump on a bike at all after doing you know what, not that I do it anymore anyways.

**Nouseforaname** · 30th October 2003, 16:18

I dont need to do drugs, i get the same effect from standing up fast

**SpankMe** · 30th October 2003, 16:24

You tend to ride slow when wasted. Drunk people ride/drive more aggressively, but wasters ride/drive more passively.

**bluninja** · 30th October 2003, 16:30

On that basis I must be permanently wasted

TTFN

**SPman** · 30th October 2003, 17:13

Last time I rode slightly wasted, I drove straight into a Skoda! - but very slowly....didnt even fall off

Did more damage to the Skoda than to the Kwaka triple.!

Wouldnt want to try riding wasted these days though......regardless of what riders say - it fucks your motor skills and concentration and you need all the ability you can muster when your're riding.

**wkid_one** · 30th October 2003, 17:23

I disagree with this entirely - anything that impairs your judgement, reaction times and capability while riding is not a good thing. I know how bad it is stoned sitting down - let alone stoned at 160kph down a back road

**Marmoot** · 30th October 2003, 18:36

I wouldn't drive or ride in the next 8 hours after any drugs/alcohol/etc.

Just a bit of info, if you take Panadol (or anything containing paracetamol) please stay away from extended direct heat (especially strong sunlight) exposure. The side effects include dizziness, lapse of judgement, etc very similar to drunkenness, deep fatigue or hypothermia.

Heck, I wouldn't even drive after Panadol. I'd take Panadol after I get home.

**Jackrat** · 30th October 2003, 19:36

Heck,I use Panadol every day,plus Voltaran an a couple of others.
Thats just in the morning,in the evening I take another few keep me alives.As for smoking pot,they don,t call it dope for nothing.

**Marmoot** · 30th October 2003, 21:18

Originally posted by Jackrat
Heck,I use Panadol every day,plus Voltaran an a couple of others.

There must be something wrong with your head, mate. Try see a doctor. Extended use of Panadol is not recommended at all.

**Kwaka-Kid** · 30th October 2003, 21:41

i say go go go! spark up the random testing ASAP! im sure it can only help? whats the worst its going to do? catch a few more stoners.

fully agree with Wkid_1... with you on this one 100% dude.

not that i have ever tried any illegal drug, let alone whilst in control of a motor vechile, but i learnt first time when it came to being 15 with an R licence drinking @ a party and having enuf trouble trying to get the keys out of my pocket, let alone into the lock then to figure out how to takeoff without stalling... well yeah, luckily i only really got as far as trying to get the keys out of my pocket (pitty i was searching the wrong pocket all along).

**riffer** · 30th October 2003, 22:18

For mine, I'd be too paranoid to get on a bike if I'd smoked... too much to concentrate on - not that I've done it in ages - with 3 kids under 6 too expensive and too much responsibility for that crap now. Stick to my single malts (but NEVER when riding or driving).

Seems to me a lot more cagers stoned on the roads than riders anyway.

Maybe if we get a few stoners off the road the remaining ones might see us a bit more often, especially at roundabouts.

VERY interesting about the Paracetamol and heat. I've had that happen to me before in those circumstances but never associated the two - just thought it was the pain I was taking the pills for. I'll watch that in future.

**750Y** · 30th October 2003, 22:24

Originally posted by Marmoot
There must be something wrong with your head, mate. Try see a doctor. Extended use of Panadol is not recommended at all.

No-one takes panadol because they LIKE to.

**Jackrat** · 31st October 2003, 07:07

Marmot,I see my doctor on a regular basis,If you can come up with a better idea I,d like to hear it.I take panodol then I take something else to counter the side effects,I take voltaran then something to counter the side effects of that,I then take aropax to counter the side effects of the other four put togeather.
Have a nice day mate,I will