Drink Driving

[Shamrock Shore]

I wonder will his weekly article on All Things Kerry in The Irish Times continue.

Dreadful carry on. Perhaps he should have seen the inside of Cork or Limerick prison.

[J70]

How would the receipt of legal advice have changed things for O'Se as outlined in his defense??

Unless there was misconduct on the part of the Gardai or the medics, which he doesn't seem to be alleging, then what's the problem.

He should take his medicine and just thank his lucky stars he didn't injure or kill himself or, worse, someone else.

[JimStynes]

I wouldn't drink that often but if I had a few drinks I'd be paranoid about driving the next day up to around 2/3 in the afternoon nevermind getting in the car after a couple of pints. I saw a man a month or 2 ago heading outside for a smoke. In bad shape and could hardly stand. A minute or 2 later I see him driving past the window of the pub and away up the road home!

[whitey]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

[thewobbler]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

[whitey]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

Hadn't thought about it but can't really see a problem with it

A friend of mine works for an IT company that has developed software that tracks your driving habits....rapid accelerating, violent braking and swerving, switching lanes without indicating, speed etc

You install the software on your vehicle and then you get a sizable discount in your insurance based on your rating

They mainly have commercial fleets as clients so far but are gaining traction with regular drivers

It's probably in all of our futures

https://www.cmtelematics.com/

[imtommygunn]

It's been on the go for a good while that. Yeah I would suspect that is coming for all of us.

[Armagh18]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

Not a chance. Modern cars can sit at 100mph plus very easily.

Would be in favour of the alcoclocks thing though

[J70]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

Not a chance. Modern cars can sit at 100mph plus very easily.

Would be in favour of the alcoclocks thing though

There are very few roads anywhere where it is safe to have people driving at 100 mph, even in those cars that are built for it.

[thewobbler]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

Not a chance. Modern cars can sit at 100mph plus very easily.

Would be in favour of the alcoclocks thing though

Good to see some posters haven't changed since 2015. In summary, man under any influence of alcohol is a menace to society, but man driving at speed kills no one.

It's amazing how some public health marketing campaigns work, and others do not.

[Armagh18]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

Not a chance. Modern cars can sit at 100mph plus very easily.

Would be in favour of the alcoclocks thing though

Good to see some posters haven't changed since 2015. In summary, man under any influence of alcohol is a menace to society, but man driving at speed kills no one.

It's amazing how some public health marketing campaigns work, and others do not.

to be honest it just depends on the person and circumstances. I know people that I'd trust to drive safer after 12 pints than some people do sober. Similarly there are people I could sit beside doing 120+ and feel safer than I would doing 40 mph. 70mph is a ridiculously low speed limit. Try sitting in the fast lane of a motorway at 70 and see how you get on

[armaghniac]

Good to see some posters haven't changed since 2015. In summary, man under any influence of alcohol is a menace to society, but man driving at speed kills no one.

It's amazing how some public health marketing campaigns work, and others do not.

You can only say that incapacitation due to excessive alcohol is inevitably a problem where an appropriate speed is defined in the actual circumstances.

[Milltown Row2]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

Not a chance. Modern cars can sit at 100mph plus very easily.

Would be in favour of the alcoclocks thing though

Good to see some posters haven't changed since 2015. In summary, man under any influence of alcohol is a menace to society, but man driving at speed kills no one.

It's amazing how some public health marketing campaigns work, and others do not.

to be honest it just depends on the person and circumstances. I know people that I'd trust to drive safer after 12 pints than some people do sober. Similarly there are people I could sit beside doing 120+ and feel safer than I would doing 40 mph. 70mph is a ridiculously low speed limit. Try sitting in the fast lane of a motorway at 70 and see how you get on

What's the rush?

[J70]

It's time to put alcolocks on the ignitions

The technology is already there

Anyone who overrides it for a drunk driver-immediate jail time

Would you support mandatory speed limiters of 120kph/75mph on all vehicles too?

I know I would.

Not a chance. Modern cars can sit at 100mph plus very easily.

Would be in favour of the alcoclocks thing though

Good to see some posters haven't changed since 2015. In summary, man under any influence of alcohol is a menace to society, but man driving at speed kills no one.

It's amazing how some public health marketing campaigns work, and others do not.

to be honest it just depends on the person and circumstances. I know people that I'd trust to drive safer after 12 pints than some people do sober. Similarly there are people I could sit beside doing 120+ and feel safer than I would doing 40 mph. 70mph is a ridiculously low speed limit. Try sitting in the fast lane of a motorway at 70 and see how you get on

Just because you're going to get flashed and harrassed at 70 mph doesn't mean its a ridiculous speed limit. It does mean there are a lot of arrogant, aggressive arseholes on the road though.

And I don't what kind of carry on you're all at up Armagh way, but I've never been close to 120 mph in any car anywhere. And I come from rally wannabe central!

[whitey]

As an annual visitor a huge problem I see is that the roads are no match for the cars

When I was growing up in the 70s and 80, all you had in rural Ireland were Ford Escorts and Toyota Corollas

Now, it's high powered BMWs and Mercedes and people driving like they're in the AutoBahn