Drink drivers on the telly - f**ks sake

[Beemer]

That is true but we are Kiwis here and nowadays is an americanism that is creeping into our vocabulary.

Bullshit! Nowadays is NOT an Americanism, it actually comes from now+adays which is Old English for a on + daeges (can't do the a and e joined together on here) genitive of day. Ask Hitcher if you don't believe me!

[Macktheknife]

Lost my brother to a drunk driver, and had to pick up many more off the roads over the years too. I am unashamedly vocal and passionate about getting drunk drivers off the road, as most people who know me will verify.
There is no excuse, it is vehicular manslaughter and should be charged/punished as such.

[ManDownUnder]

Lost my brother to a drunk driver, and had to pick up many more off the roads over the years too. I am unashamedly vocal and passionate about getting drunk drivers off the road, as most people who know me will verify.
There is no excuse, it is vehicular manslaughter and should be charged/punished as such.

Yup - and a fucken good stance it is too. It's a great balance you have there... lay the blame on them doing the driving, without turning into a wowser.

Nothing but respect from this corner.

[imdying]

More sober drivers kill than drunk ones.

I'm not quite sure what you mean, do you mean proportionally? I would expect more sober people to kill, there's more of them. Are drunk drivers more likely to crash than sober drivers? The government would like us to think so.

Did you see the dickhead on the 6.00pm news tonight.

What is wrong with these people?

He is turd, and I'll wager a twenty that he'll be on the news the next night going 'Boo hoo, I didn't really mean it, I'm real reall soz for da family.' Of course he won't actually be sorry, just the public back lash has mad him think twice about letting the country know how much of a prick he really is.

I would rather much travel in a car with a driver of decent ability with a few drinks under his/her belt, than some of the drivers you encounter on the roads who are completely sober. Fact.

Interestingly enough, making an assertation and then calling it fact doesn't actually lend it any weight. The only fact there is that it is your belief.

The fact is, there are plenty of drivers out there who drive worse when sober, than half pissed people. You just can't argue with that, you only need to drive the roads on any given day to notice it.

There you go, doing it again. I can see the point you're trying to make, but you're letting down your ability to put forward your argument by being a cunt. Just in case you wondering why you're being attacked over your opinion.

Yeah stuff double demerits and shit over the Christmas break as that does nothing to help.

The what? Just for DIC or is there more to this?

Banning any alcohol at all would be an easy way to know if you are over the limit or not !

That's possibly a little draconian, a little hard to enforce... given that certain medications give false positives. It could make for some interesting debates at the lock up

Don't ban alcohol - confiscate cars.

No car = no drive... and no money either. Bugger huh?

No car = steal someone elses...

Churr bro. Zo I gots 2 go darn da superrrmarrkit carpark eh an gets me anuvver car, cos da pigs done gone conFIScaded da one wot I had. No probs, gedda choice wheels dis time.

Exactly...

That is true but we are Kiwis here and nowadays is an americanism that is creeping into our vocabulary.

This is relevant how?

I've been going commando for years and have never had an accident involving alcohol. It's about time the rest of society caught onto this simple safety precaution...

My only concern is how are the police going to enforce this...

Ask Hitcher if you don't believe me!

The explanation was good, this last little bit spoilt it though.

They're the hard core, you won't stop them. Sterlizing might help to reduce the problem in future generations however.

[pervert]

Interestingly enough, making an assertation and then calling it fact doesn't actually lend it any weight. The only fact there is that it is your belief..

Ummmm...isn't that exactly what I said?

The fact is that I would rather do that...which does make it fact, because it is a fact that it is my preference??? Please take notice of the word in bold.

There you go, doing it again. I can see the point you're trying to make, but you're letting down your ability to put forward your argument by being a cunt. Just in case you wondering why you're being attacked over your opinion.

I'm letting nothing down, nor wondering anything...and in case you're a little bit slow, getting attacked for being a "cunt" is the very reason I make such posts as above...I enjoy it.

[RT527]

I'm not quite sure what you mean, do you mean proportionally? I would expect more sober people to kill, there's more of them. Are drunk drivers more likely to crash than sober drivers? The government would like us to think so.

Well that would be a rational thought, and might possibly be true too!.

But what i see leads me to believe that it is the Drunks that do more damage...for instance if a drunk looses control of a vehicle , its highly unlikely that he will recover the vehicle enough to be in control, where as a Sober driver might have enough time and skill to Drive out of the situation thereby only causing a glancing blow with minimal injurys....its a bit like target fixation, the sober driver reacts where the drunk just goes WTF and drives straight at the other car.

Also its highly likely that the Drunk will not be the one to loose his/her life, as it goes Ive gone to more accidents where the drunk has killed someone, yet survived the crash him/herself.

I dont like statistics as I reckon they only show what the govment want it to show!!!.

[mstriumph]

More sober drivers kill than drunk ones.

erm soooooooo ......... we should make everybody get drunk?

[sAsLEX]

The what? Just for DIC or is there more to this?

Well since our government and Andy knackerbrains cant muster a logical thought amongst them they are likely to follow Australia and have Double Demerit points during Holiday Road periods, they generally follow other roading legislation from across the ditch.