Drink driving
Sep 8th 2009, 10:41 am
#46
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Re: Drink driving
From what I've heard, they don't lose their licences if caught either. If they do, it's only for a short period (3 months I think). Not sure how correct it is, but heard if you need your car for work purposes, you can have a restricted licenece. If this is true, then there's not a deterent is there? Lose your licence for a minumum of 12 months for the first offence, issue a huge fine and use the scary, horrible, anti DD adverts we had in the Uk to hit home the effects.
If you are caught speeding and are out of points you can lose your license with no allowance to use your car for work purposes. If however you lose your license for drink driving you may still keep your license for certain times of the day so as not to inconvenience you to lose your job. In other words, the law is "kinder" to drink drivers than it is to speeders
Both are serious however driving whilst drunk is deemed less severe than speeding
Sep 8th 2009, 11:22 am
#47
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Re: Drink driving
The law is an ass.
If you are caught speeding and are out of points you can lose your license with no allowance to use your car for work purposes. If however you lose your license for drink driving you may still keep your license for certain times of the day so as not to inconvenience you to lose your job. In other words, the law is "kinder" to drink drivers than it is to speeders
Both are serious however driving whilst drunk is deemed less severe than speeding
If you are caught speeding and are out of points you can lose your license with no allowance to use your car for work purposes. If however you lose your license for drink driving you may still keep your license for certain times of the day so as not to inconvenience you to lose your job. In other words, the law is "kinder" to drink drivers than it is to speeders
Both are serious however driving whilst drunk is deemed less severe than speeding
I agree, the law is an ASS.
Sep 8th 2009, 12:09 pm
#48
no stressin no fussin....
Joined: Aug 2007
Location: Fantasy Island....
Posts: 12,616
Re: Drink driving
Agree, it's crazy.
Drink and speeding = receive your license back during certain times of the day so you don't lose job
Speeding = cannot even appeal to receive license back
Some bright spark thought that one up
