Alcohol and Motorhomes

[Deleted member 72907]

There's a skill to it, here's a friend of mine drinking and flying.

Well THAT has boggled my mind! And what a top-notch soundtrack

 

[izwozral]

Load of tosh. I skipped through the video and cant understand why they bothered making it unless it was to get views and subscribers with something that always ends up being a hot topic when discussed on motorhome forums. As far as I am aware in all the years I have been motorhoming and on all the forums I dont know anyone who has been done while wilding, parked in a pub car park or anywhere else. Never give it a second thought. There are two of us in the van, both with licences. Who are they going to prosecute if we are both pissed?

Just wait until you watch the turd in a bottle thread Barry, I think 'tosh' will not be the word you will use.

Thread title: Interesting result. Which it isn't btw.

 

[in h]

Upon reading the actual legislation, this is a 'absolute offence', therefore if the cps can prove you where drunk in charge of the vehicle, it is then up to you to prove you where not going to drive it.
Being in a MH you would hope this is relatively straightforward.

You are just as much in charge of the motorhome if you are asleep in bed in your house with the motorhome parked in the drive.

 

[colinm]

You are just as much in charge of the motorhome if you are asleep in bed in your house with the motorhome parked in the drive.

Couple of points.
The offence relates to the vehicle being in a pubic place, not your own property.
I guess (note that I don't know) that technically if the vehicle was parked on the road and you where in your house you might still be 'in charge' of it, but in this case the cps would know you have a defence which is pretty much 100% foolproof.

 

[Fazerloz]

Load of tosh. I skipped through the video and cant understand why they bothered making it unless it was to get views and subscribers with something that always ends up being a hot topic when discussed on motorhome forums. As far as I am aware in all the years I have been motorhoming and on all the forums I dont know anyone who has been done while wilding, parked in a pub car park or anywhere else. Never give it a second thought. There are two of us in the van, both with licences. Who are they going to prosecute if we are both pissed?

I was so impressed with that vid I will not be watching any more of their tosh. We should all ask Trev to invoice them for wasting our time.

 

[in h]

Couple of points.
The offence relates to the vehicle being in a pubic place, not your own property.
I guess (note that I don't know) that technically if the vehicle was parked on the road and you where in your house you might still be 'in charge' of it, but in this case the cps would know you have a defence which is pretty much 100% foolproof.

Lots of private property is also a public place. The road past my door is an unadopted, privately-owned road, but it is a public highway. Undeniably a public place as well as private property..

 

[trevskoda]

Anywhere with or not gaited is classed as public place,here is one example,if you have no gates on your home and tinkers move in you must go through the whole court rubbish to get them out,but if you have a gated drive and a padlock then its breaking and entering,ie not a public place.