Vic "The Traveller" is officially dead.

[TheStinger]

Explain to me why?

Explain why alcohol and driving is a bad mix? Seriously? If the answer wasn't blindingly obvious I would try and answer it. Why do we have a blood alcohol limit? Because alcohol has a negative affect on our ability to function at an optimum level. Driving requires all faculties operating at optimum efficiency, otherwise accidents occur.

Therefore, alcohol and driving is a bad mix. Satisfied?

 

[TheStinger]

Speaking of nanny state, I have a friend who's a film/tv producer and if a ladder is going to be used on a set you need someone with a ladder licence to 'operate it'.
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When my Sky TV was being installed here in Scotland, the guy that was hooking it up was telling me about all the new safety laws they have here. One is if they are going up a step ladder, A STEP LADDER, they have to ring their boss and tell them they are doing it and then ring again to say they are down again.

All because some plonker fell off a step ladder once and broke his arm.

 

[crackers57]

Explain why alcohol and driving is a bad mix? Seriously? If the answer wasn't blindingly obvious I would try and answer it. Why do we have a blood alcohol limit? Because alcohol has a negative affect on our ability to function at an optimum level. Driving requires all faculties operating at optimum efficiency, otherwise accidents occur.

Therefore, alcohol and driving is a bad mix. Satisfied?

The question was asked in the context of the thread but thanks for the comprehensive answer anyway

The point was that we have a blood alcohol limit set for driving, why the need for this law? What does it achieve?

 

[Old Skool]

The point was that we have a blood alcohol limit set for driving, why the need for this law? What does it achieve?

I'm looking forward to someone actually attempting to answer this question.

If anything, lawfully raising one's alcohol limit to.05 whilst driving would theoretically be safer than commencing driving with an existing blood alcohol content of .05.

I expect that our nanny masters have the .05 limit squarely in their sights.

 

[LouisCK]

AS I posted earlier, the problem is, when you're within 30-45 minutes of the end of your last drink (so obviously if you're still drinking this applies) you're going to give an artificially high reading as the alcohol is literally on your breath.

Happens a lot, someone has one drink, or even one sip, jumps in the car and get spinged and blows well over 0.05 because of close it was to the time of having that sip.

They then have to wait in the booze bus, or at the station, for 45 minutes before doing the 'official' reading, where they blow 0.00.

Its a waste of resources, and time.

Baillieu no doubt would prefer if police could just fine people straight away, then back to raising more revenue. After all that's what our police are for.

p.s. I'm not saying I really care about the legislation, but I guarantee the above is the underlying reason for it, regardless of how its presented.

 

[Old Skool]

Baillieu no doubt would prefer if police could just fine people straight away, then back to raising more revenue. After all that's what our police are for.

Those flashy, gadget filled, high powered pursuit cars aren't going to pay for themselves y'know.