Drinking & Driving

[sammy13]

Dec 16, 2014 22:22:39 GMT lobeydosser said:

I live in "a dry village".
The nearest drinking place is the Bistro on a nearby caravan park, about two and a bit miles away and one and a half miles from the nearest bus stop. The nearest pub is in the next village, 3 miles away. All within walking distance but not roads you would walk on at night. Too dangerous.
There is a bus service to the next village but the last bus is 10pm.
So the vast majority drink at home and a few use taxis if drinking elsewhere.
Drink driving has never been a problem around here. People just do not do it.
Or at least no one has ever been caught doing it.

I think the main point I am making here is that those who choose to go to the Pub or the Bistro know when they leave the house sober, that they have to pre-book a taxi to get them home and so there is no point in taking their car in the first place.

The roads around here are dangerous enough with stray sheep and cattle on the roads without adding the effects of alcohol to the equation.

I totally agree, the **** that nearly ended my life last week shows the probs we all have on roads, without peeps been drunk behind the wheel.