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Thread #124640 Message #2763375
Posted By: Steve Shaw
10-Nov-09 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: proposed alteration to drink driving level
Subject: RE: BS: proposed alteration to drink driving level
There are lots of ways in which people can be in less than perfect nick for driving. Too tired, too fat, too stressed, bad cold, lost, row with wife or hubby, distracted by kids, lighting a fag, fiddling with a CD, unwrapping a Werther's Original. We're only human. But booze is in the category of things we have total control of. You don't have to drink, you don't have to use your phone, you don't have to try to drink coffee at the wheel, you don't have to play the harmonica whilst driving. We inveterate boozers can't complain if the limit is brought down. Personally, I think a zero limit would be too repressive. It's two in the afternoon now the night after I had a few pints. Am I alcohol-free yet? God knows. Probably. I think I might be too scared ever to get in my car.