Good Bye Road Bike....

[_Gina_]

well kinda in the area anyway....ya know its a nice night to walk home afta a coupla always an adventure aye

gotta love ya, 20 odd k/m's power walking down the train tracks has to be better than my effort, although I might have found you should you have been walking on the side of the road.......

[stify]

gotta love ya, 20 odd k/m's power walking down the train tracks has to be better than my effort, although I might have found you should you have been walking on the side of the road.......

wondered wtf it was i kept trippin ova.....
and dat road....bloody dangerous place to walk at nite in da fog an rain
wearing black clothes when ya pissed

[surfchick]

wondered wtf it was i kept trippin ova.....
and dat road....bloody dangerous place to walk at nite in da fog an rain
wearing black clothes when ya pissed

i have to warn you but you're not makin da residents of tuakau look to quick!!

[_Gina_]

i have to warn you but you're not makin da residents of tuakau look to quick!!

Well it is South West of Auckland.....the pace is a little more....you know....not Auckland.

[stify]

i have to warn you but you're not makin da residents of tuakau look to quick!!

had a feelin we'd both fit right it in being ex westies and all....still it has taken a couple a years of drinkin dat waikato water to git to this level

[Oakie]

I had had a bottle of wine with dinner at a freinds place.

Just out of interest ... how much of the bottle did you have? We have a small glass of wine at the end of work on Fridays and sometimes it stretches to 2 small glasses. I've always wondered how close that second glass is getting me to the limit.

[Motu]

Sat night on a country road is not good odds for evading the breath cops.You'd be better off completly pissed on a whole bottle of wine on the streets of Auckland in day time traffic...they wouldn't look at you twice

[_Gina_]

Sat night on a country road is not good odds for evading the breath cops.You'd be better off completly pissed on a whole bottle of wine on the streets of Auckland in day time traffic...they wouldn't look at you twice

True.

I got pinged cause I was travelling far too fast for the temp speed zone 50kms(which I could never have seen in the fog) by an undercover and as I understand it he had no choice but to take me back to the station to check my blood alcohol (he didn't have anything in the car) because of the speed I was inadvertenly travelling over the limit.....

DOH!

Nevermind, back to the zero tollerence idea me thinks.....that worked.

[_Gina_]

Just out of interest ... how much of the bottle did you have? We have a small glass of wine at the end of work on Fridays and sometimes it stretches to 2 small glasses. I've always wondered how close that second glass is getting me to the limit.

As I understand it it's all about a number of different things, your body mass, how much you have eaten that day and while you were eating.

I had three glasses, but ate a roast chicken meal and had cheesecake too!!
Was at my friends for about 4 hours, not sure what you would call the glasses, probably medium.

[stify]

bollocks aside i'm guna have to think a lot more about me ridin,esp now it looks like we guna be a one licence family for a while,and maybe look at alternative bikes/off road/buckets etc 4 me to get me fix(damn that common sense thing voice in me head)
tis just as a big awake up call for me also....and its something i never really had to think too much about before as been one of the lucky one's to date.

now girlygirl an me gota save up 4 the large contribution da govt guna be wantin

[ManDownUnder]

As I understand it it's all about a number of different things, your body mass, how much you have eaten that day and while you were eating.

I had three glasses, but ate a roast chicken meal and had cheesecake too!!
Was at my friends for about 4 hours, not sure what you would call the glasses, probably medium.

Yeah - but you're a wally for doing it. No sympathy from me either, but then it looks like you're not looking for it... good on ya for putting your hand up and saying you were wrong.

MDU

[_Gina_]

Yeah - but you're a wally for doing it. No sympathy from me either, but then it looks like you're not looking for it... good on ya for putting your hand up and saying you were wrong.

MDU

Well, no point in trying to pretend it's something it's not. I figure it's a wake up call, although an ill timed one.

I am really lucky not to have had my licence taken off me on the spot (must send letter of thanks to the Constable, he went out of his way for me)

I also know I am lucky to have the support of someone who is willing to figure out another way for me to do what I want to do (riding that is) as I had just written it off as possible for what ever period of time I will lose my licence for.

[Da Bird]

Ring around a few lawyers when you are looking to arrange a limited licence. We did an excercise a couple of years ago (to find out prices) and prices ranged from $950 to $3000.00.

There is a 28 day stand down period which needs to pass before you can apply.

BC.

[Biff]

Stupid, stupid, dangerous, stupid.
But I've been there myself, just over the limit when I was 18. 12 months ban (in the UK).

Only once in my entire life have I ever drunk any alcohol and ridden a bike, and that was a stubbie of CD about 3 months ago. Never again, I really felt the alcomohol.

[Lou Girardin]

[QUOTE=girlygirl]I didn't drink the whole bottle on my own.....but I should've known better

I would like to point out that I wasn't pissed.....whatever that is...[/QUOTE

No, you don't have to be pissed to be over. But that little does surprise me.
You must have small body mass. (Polite way of saying it) Did you have the option of giving a blood sample? It's often worth doing.

I just noticed that you said he took you back to the station for a breath test. Did he not administer a roadside test?
If not, were you arrested and taken to the station? If so, what charge?
It's starting to sound fishy. I'd see the Citizens advice lawyer if I were you.