Booze laws not working. Shame drivers and crush cars, say police

**firefighter** · 16th February 2009, 14:11

Originally Posted by imdying

We should have a vote... 'Name in the paper in big letters' or 'Right hand off at the elbow'. Now that'd be a shame

If your going to remove limbs another very important matter also has to be raised.....the removal of all access/rights for ANY benefits/dole/whatever the fuck it's called (I would'nt know) so that they can't just now say
"shit iv'e lost my arm I ca'nt work i'm going to sit at home and bludge now..." because that will happen.....you need to do both for it to work out....(it's how i'd like to see it in my world......)

**peasea** · 16th February 2009, 14:21

Originally Posted by Patrick

Long over due...

Shouldn't matter whose car it is either.

Bring it on.

Too right. Like Howard Broad in 92. Only leave him in the car.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/AAMB3/aamsz=3...607550a11.html

**peasea** · 16th February 2009, 14:27

Originally Posted by Boob Johnson

Damn straight!

What pisses me off is when you read "so n so is up on his 8th DIC conviction"....wtf!!! And the sentence handed down to him is not much different to the 7 before it

Correct-o-mundo. I've ben DIC'd twice. Both times I was only JUST over the limit but no excuses. Once was in 78/79 and the second in 81, long time ago. I went to a pissup a while back where I was offered free grog and I managed to restrain myself, got bagged on the way home and flew through.

There's plenty of places to get on the turps other than on the road.

**peasea** · 16th February 2009, 14:30

Originally Posted by Patrick

Getting pissed isn't an emergency.

Depends what the woman you're with looks like.

**twotyred** · 16th February 2009, 14:52

Originally Posted by EatOrBeEaten

As a dirty foreigner I'm genuinely shocked by the general attitude towards drink-driving here. In the UK there was a massive, sustained campaign to change attitudes that actually worked. When I was a kid people still had that "she'll be right" attitude, now people take your keys if they think you're over the limit and it's seen as a really stupid, dangerous, anti-social thing to do, especially among young people.

The laws should be toughened up, but there needs to be a shift in attitude among everybody. This is not designed as an "it's better in the old country blah blah why don't I fuck off back there" rant, just genuine surprise that it's not seen as such an issue here!

welcome to our little banana republic

**jrandom** · 16th February 2009, 14:53

Originally Posted by EatOrBeEaten

As a dirty foreigner I'm genuinely shocked by the general attitude towards drink-driving here.

Bloody whinging Pom.

(Don't be shocked. It's our national sport.)

**The Pastor** · 16th February 2009, 15:07

Originally Posted by EatOrBeEaten

As a dirty foreigner I'm genuinely shocked by the general attitude towards drink-driving here. In the UK there was a massive, sustained campaign to change attitudes that actually worked. When I was a kid people still had that "she'll be right" attitude, now people take your keys if they think you're over the limit and it's seen as a really stupid, dangerous, anti-social thing to do, especially among young people.

The laws should be toughened up, but there needs to be a shift in attitude among everybody. This is not designed as an "it's better in the old country blah blah why don't I fuck off back there" rant, just genuine surprise that it's not seen as such an issue here!

laws dont change society, attitudes do.

**EatOrBeEaten** · 16th February 2009, 16:26

Originally Posted by renegade master

laws dont change society, attitudes do.

Do you think the fact that almost every advert here seems to be a PSA doesn't help? It gets a bit desensiting after a while, surely?

**The Pastor** · 16th February 2009, 17:05

Originally Posted by EatOrBeEaten

Do you think the fact that almost every advert here seems to be a PSA doesn't help? It gets a bit desensiting after a while, surely?

psa ?

**Ixion** · 16th February 2009, 17:08

Originally Posted by Patrick

Long over due...

Shouldn't matter whose car it is either.

Bring it on.

Stolen car?

**Skyryder** · 16th February 2009, 17:16

Originally Posted by Hitcher

What if the car is owned by somebody else? Such as a finance company, a neighbour, an employer or your grandmother? Unless the vehicle being destroyed has been acquired by the offender in hard-earned tax-paid dollars, destroying that vehicle is completely and utterly pointless. Indeed the ensuing litigation would be most entertaining indeed.

And that's it in a nutshell. It's all political postering. Most boy racer cars will be owned by the finance companies. The very people who voted for the Nats and ACT. Has Douglas or Hide come out in favour of this? Don't think so.

It will never happen.

Skyryder