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drink driving check
andycwb:
--- Quote from: "NicePinkWellies" ---No denying it is inconvienient at times to be stopped, but rather that than some numpsy kill me!
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At the risk of being inflammatory, would you say the same if you were randomly searched in case you had drugs or stolen goods on you? How often is acceptable? Once a year? Twice a month? Three times a day?
I think it needs to be balanced: I'm all in favour for a swoop like this when there's something to raise the profile, but I generally don't feel that stopping and searching the innocents is the best way to stop crime.
Manicminer:
It's my opinion that 1 drink is too much.
I also never drink if I drive the next day.
I'm sure that more people take drugs and drive. Test them and ban them.
discograham:
This is not about stopping crime.. this is about not destroying lives..
I don't care if I'm stopped 3 times a day.. as long as it's polite and quick and purely for the purpose of a breath test... I don't drink and drive and never have but the point is how do the old bill know who is innocent until they check ? .. let them check...
andycwb:
--- Quote from: "Manicminer" ---
I'm sure that more people take drugs and drive. Test them and ban them.
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There should certainly be the same level of legislation and enforcement around other mind-altering drugs. It's perverse that it's (sort of) OK to drive when out of your mind on something you shouldn't have been able to take in the first place.
--- Quote from: "discograham" ---This is not about stopping crime.. this is about not destroying lives.. I don't care if I'm stopped 3 times a day.. as long as it's polite and quick and purely for the purpose of a breath test... I don't drink and drive and never have but the point is how do the old bill know who is innocent until they check ? .. let them check...
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You're a lot more tolerant than I am: even if we were stopped more often, it probably still wouldn't deter the hard core drunkards that are the real problem.
discograham:
One thing I am not.. when referring to crime and punishment... is tolerent... hang 'em, flog 'em, chuck away the key etc... :lol:
Society has gone soft and we shall reap the whirlwind... :shock:
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