Do you drink and drive? Poll.
- Jerry Atrick
- Expatriate
- Posts: 5454
- Joined: Sat May 17, 2014 4:19 pm
- Reputation: 3066
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
I drive better drunk than you do sober
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
Unless you are going 20 kph, I doubt that.
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
After a serious accident due to drink driving, never since. (Flipped a car 4 times and was lucky to escape uninjured.) It was the moment that rattled my soul enough to realize that I wasn’t invincible. Avoided gaol and all other negatives that could have befallen me. Now, I walk or get a taxi (or versions thereof) and won’t get in/on a car/bike with someone who’s been drinking.
- Random Dude
- Expatriate
- Posts: 1034
- Joined: Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:54 am
- Reputation: 1143
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
I used to back in the day. Nothing too reckless, in fact on the odd occasion I did it was just to get my car home and I was paranoid about my speed, forgetting to indicate, drifting across lanes etc because I didn't want to attract attention and get stopped and lose my license, so I was the model driver. Well, not really because I was drunk, but I was much more careful and focused than I'd usually be.
I was a passenger more times than I can remember with drunk drivers though, being absolutely stupid, and it's more good luck than good management that I wasn't involved in anything where people were killed.
I did have friends and guys I knew get killed, lose their licenses, and go to prison for killing people while driving drunk though, and that was a big wake-up call for me.
Now, I have a personal rule. If I'm driving I won't even have one beer. It's not worth losing my license for it.
I was a passenger more times than I can remember with drunk drivers though, being absolutely stupid, and it's more good luck than good management that I wasn't involved in anything where people were killed.
I did have friends and guys I knew get killed, lose their licenses, and go to prison for killing people while driving drunk though, and that was a big wake-up call for me.
Now, I have a personal rule. If I'm driving I won't even have one beer. It's not worth losing my license for it.
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
What’s interesting is that there are a number of admissions of doing what many would judge as entirely irresponsible. I’m not saying it was okay. I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s where drink driving wasn’t illegal. It was “normal”. I was never more scared when I stacked my car. And that was enough to stop me doing it. Do I have a drink and drive? I'll have a jar, but the drive from my local to home is 0.75 miles. If I have 2. I walk. 3 years ago. I’d have 6-8 pints and drive. I won’t now.
- Jerry Atrick
- Expatriate
- Posts: 5454
- Joined: Sat May 17, 2014 4:19 pm
- Reputation: 3066
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
Driving too slowly can cause as many, or more, accidents than road users who speed excessively
But yes. Drink drive in Cambodia because the fucking state of some tuk tuk drivers plastered drunk and high on speed and taking turns on the wrong side of the road is TERRIFYING and I trust drunk me better than an army of those cretins
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
I always crash on my moto if I am not drunk.
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
I remember seeing an expat get out of a TukTuk and shout at the driver who attempted to step of his steed and fell over. He was so drunk he could barely lift his head up to see. He tried to kick start it and every time he fell off. It was highly amusing.Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:18 amDriving too slowly can cause as many, or more, accidents than road users who speed excessively
But yes. Drink drive in Cambodia because the fucking state of some tuk tuk drivers plastered drunk and high on speed and taking turns on the wrong side of the road is TERRIFYING and I trust drunk me better than an army of those cretins
The police turned up, well I say turned up but they were already at the junction and were also watching him and laughing, and eventually made him get off. In the end a cop moved the TukTuk and they poured the driver in to sleep it off. He was still there the next day, keys in the ignition!
-
- Expatriate
- Posts: 141
- Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:17 pm
- Reputation: 74
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
I don't, but my tuk tuk driver probably does
- canucklhead
- Expatriate
- Posts: 1107
- Joined: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:43 am
- Reputation: 439
Re: Do you drink and drive? Poll.
Only on days that end in Y.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 2 Replies
- 4088 Views
-
Last post by Alex
-
- 13 Replies
- 3591 Views
-
Last post by Kenr
-
- 23 Replies
- 8203 Views
-
Last post by phuketrichard
-
- 38 Replies
- 8455 Views
-
Last post by MarkArmstrong
-
- 60 Replies
- 3363 Views
-
Last post by LamarFreddie
-
- 17 Replies
- 11021 Views
-
Last post by Dunderhead
-
- 16 Replies
- 6740 Views
-
Last post by GeeKay
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: beaker, Bluenose, Joakim, John Bingham, Majestic-12 [Bot], Ong Tay, rgrowden and 667 guests