Drink Driving
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In Melbourne Australia, there are many road signs that say "If you drink and drive you are a BLOODY idot" Those are the exact words. Thankfully, I have never touched a drop in my life.
Good for you Luckheart, for showing that clip on youtube. Well done. There is nothing wrong with having a social drink, and why not. But never let it go to your head, even if you are NOT driving.
Good for you Luckheart, for showing that clip on youtube. Well done. There is nothing wrong with having a social drink, and why not. But never let it go to your head, even if you are NOT driving.
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Good post Luckheart. How I wish the BBC would show it. When I was much younger it was accepted to drink and drive. People would joke about the car driving itself home as they could not remember driving it. that was thirty years ago, we now all know just what the risks are. Not just to ourselves but to others.
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Thats a compilation of the ads that the TAC (Transport Accident Commission - the no fault third party insurer for Victoria, Australia) over at least 20 years. We have some very hard hitting ads here - some should really be R rated considering their graphic nature. The TAC has a financial interest in making sure that deaths/injuries are reduced as they pay for anyone not at fault involved in an accident - hospitals, ambulance, rehab. etc.
Victoria was also the first State to have compulsory seat belt laws and that saw about a 30% reduction in the death toll in its first year, back in the early 1970s.
Whilst there has been a dramatic decrease in the road toll Australia wide, its not just been TV ads, first up has been the leaps in vehicle design with hosts of additional safety features/construction materials that were not available 20 years ago, eg; air bags, deforming plastics, side intrusion bars, etc. The other big effort has been on road enforcement with random breath tests and roadworthy checks - I've been stopped about 4 times this year, twice at about 7am on the way to work and been "bagged".
The on road vehicle condition checks are proving to be a major safety initiative - only NSW has annual roadworthy tests (MOT type test), other States have tests on sale of a vehicle and then on road testing/inspections - about 1 in 70vehicles get pinged and about 1 in 1200 get put off the road in QLD (my State).
Its unfortunate that (un)professional drivers can still drive after being convicted of DD offences - something the transport union wont even consider is banning drink drivers from holding bus/truck/taxi licences.
Victoria was also the first State to have compulsory seat belt laws and that saw about a 30% reduction in the death toll in its first year, back in the early 1970s.
Whilst there has been a dramatic decrease in the road toll Australia wide, its not just been TV ads, first up has been the leaps in vehicle design with hosts of additional safety features/construction materials that were not available 20 years ago, eg; air bags, deforming plastics, side intrusion bars, etc. The other big effort has been on road enforcement with random breath tests and roadworthy checks - I've been stopped about 4 times this year, twice at about 7am on the way to work and been "bagged".
The on road vehicle condition checks are proving to be a major safety initiative - only NSW has annual roadworthy tests (MOT type test), other States have tests on sale of a vehicle and then on road testing/inspections - about 1 in 70vehicles get pinged and about 1 in 1200 get put off the road in QLD (my State).
Its unfortunate that (un)professional drivers can still drive after being convicted of DD offences - something the transport union wont even consider is banning drink drivers from holding bus/truck/taxi licences.
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I have read Roger's post. All he says is correct. When I lived in Melbourne (Vic) The cops used to do spot checks on the road. They were known as the "Booze Bus" No messsing around with those guys.
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We make a fuss about injuries caused by drink driving while all the time our arms industry sells munitions and techhnology for profit to third world countries which are used not for defence but in civil wars and against their own civilians to kill hundreds of thousands of people. Or we fuel thousands of deaths in pointless wars
So while drink driving shouldn't be socially acceptable, neither should be standing by while our Gov wastes our money on causing death, on a vastly more expansive scale.
So while drink driving shouldn't be socially acceptable, neither should be standing by while our Gov wastes our money on causing death, on a vastly more expansive scale.
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the uk drink drive adds dont have a real impact .ok they show a drunk getting bagged and then they tell you how bad it will be if you lose your licence and tell you ,you will have to pay a fine all pretty tame. why dont they put the emergency services video footage of a real fatal accident caused through drink drive, show the real pain and carnage caused to the families left behind and to all involved as i can tell you its not a pretty sight .i am shure the families concerned would approve if it helped save somone else and it may have an effect on the idiots that drink and drive .
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Causing a death by drunken driver (or one on drugs) should carry a much heavier penalty, it should be at least manslaughter. The driver must know at the time they are having a drink that they are putting themselves in a position where they are less capable behind the wheel (I know people always claim it doesn't effect them or it even helps them but scientific evidence shows that any alcohol will slow down your reaction time) There will always be a debate abut how much the safe limit is, the same as with the speed limit (some people like to think they are above the laws of motion & can react faster in the event of an emergency so can ignore the speed limits) Both the alcohol level & the speed limits need to be set at the level of the worst driver so to make the roads safe, do you want some idiot driving around where you live at high speeds while drunk? If you ignore these limits then you have nobody to blame except yourself, I personally will never have a alcoholic drink if I am going to drive (I got away with it in my younger days but I consider myself lucky not to have killed or injured myself or anybody else).