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Fri 19 Dec 2014 07:59
Will you ever learn??????? - Dwight Van Driver

N Yorks Police report that since 1.12.14 to date 52 drivers in the County have been arrested in relation to drink drive. Last nights trawl added to this fiqure.

When will you ever learn.........................................

dvd

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Fri 19 Dec 2014 10:51
Will you ever learn??????? - RobJP

Sadly, never, until the penalties take on real meaning :

First drink-drive offence : 5 year ban, 1 year prison. Those to be statutory penalties (much like Sec.5 firearm offences carry statutory 5 year sentences).

Second offence : life driving ban, 5 year imprisonment. Statutory again.

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Fri 19 Dec 2014 19:08
Will you ever learn??????? - daveyjp
The Scottish figures will be interesting. A reduced limit coupled with far more mass breathalysing could see a huge spike in the figures.
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Sat 20 Dec 2014 07:59
Will you ever learn??????? - Dwight Van Driver

....another bagful at Harrogate and Scarbougth last night

Is it worth it........

dvd

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Sat 20 Dec 2014 13:28
Will you ever learn??????? - martint123

Any indication of age range? ISTR the oldies were the problem some time ago but that the offenders were coming down in age nowadays.

I supose the "they'll never catch me" mentality is at work - mobile phone use, drunk driving - get away with it once and they think they're immune.

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Sat 20 Dec 2014 16:45
Will you ever learn??????? - focussed

52 caught in 10 days? That's less than 3 per day - what are they doing? Driving around with their eyes closed?

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Sat 20 Dec 2014 22:51
Will you ever learn??????? - alan1302

52 caught in 10 days? That's less than 3 per day - what are they doing? Driving around with their eyes closed?

Or not as many people drinking and driving as you think.

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Tue 23 Dec 2014 07:33
Will you ever learn??????? - Dwight Van Driver

.......on an on and on. Like shelling peas

Busy weekend for anti-drink drive police

Police made 19 arrests over the weekend as they continued their annual Christmas crackdown on drink and drug driving.

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Officers arrested nine people on suspicion of drink or drug driving between 5pm on Friday 19 December and 5am on Saturday 20 December 2014, as they patrolled the roads during the busy Builder's Friday period.

The total number of arrests for drink or drug driving offences since 1 December 2014, now stands at 71 - with 37 of those people charged to appear at court.

dvd

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Fri 26 Dec 2014 12:33
Will you ever learn??????? - Andrew-T

I supose the "they'll never catch me" mentality is at work - mobile phone use, drunk driving - get away with it once and they think they're immune.

Absolutely. If the perception is that one is unlikely to be caught, the drink-driving will continue. Just the same as speeding. And if the penalty for being unlucky enough to be caught is draconian, that just increases resentment. I would suggest that drug-driving may be an equally serious worry, and perhaps harder to deal with.

About the only driving convention which seems to be (nearly) always obeyed is stopping at a red light. But of course the possible penalty can be personally very damaging.

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Fri 26 Dec 2014 13:06
Will you ever learn??????? - RT
About the only driving convention which seems to be (nearly) always obeyed is stopping at a red light. But of course the possible penalty can be personally very damaging.

Eventually, after they've been red for a while - most traffic lights seem plagued with habitual "amber gamblers" who rely on the self-preservation instincts of other drivers to avoid hitting them.

Edited by RT on 26/12/2014 at 13:07

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Wed 31 Dec 2014 14:42
Will you ever learn??????? - Dwight Van Driver

UPDATE to noon 31.12.14

NINETYONE

How many the night to be added.

DO NBOT CHANCE IT for Gawds sake

dvd

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Sat 3 Jan 2015 20:01
Will you ever learn??????? - Leif
I am surprised anyone risks it. I was stopped a few years ago, said I had been drinking, and the reading was zero, plenty of time had elapsed. Losing my licence for a year is a deterrant.
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Thu 8 Jan 2015 15:47
Will you ever learn??????? - slkfanboy

Because there is a limit and no one person can exactly say what is an ok amount to drink , people take the change that all will be fine if they have a few drinks. So until the limit is Zero nothing will change.

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