No wonder they call them <removed>

[cailin maith]

Previously I've used Scooterman - this is a company in London who provides a bloke with a folding scooter. He picks you (and your car) up from the pub, put his folding scooter in the boot and drives you home in your own car. perfect.

I've seen something like that advertised up here too. It's a bloody good idea.

[Jet Setter]

Being a Melbourne local those ads are very familiar and have played a huge part in bringing the road toll down.

One thing you guys wouldn't be so familiar with is booze buses. You drive onto the freeway or around a blind corner and every car driving through is breath tested. You'll often see dozens of cars parked by the side of the road where the drivers have been done. Just shows how many morons ignore the message though.

The dangers of drink driving has a much higher profile in Aus, but then again our public transport is tulip so everyone drives.

[ilovehr]

Some good ideas in Oz

The booze bus is a great idea....

I also love the free tea and coffee they give out at the service stop on the road from Wollongong to Canberra on the side of Lake George....is that some sort of national scheme to keep people awake on long trips?

If so it would be a great idea over here. There's far too many drivers that will drive tired rather than getting out on the motorway for a rest. I travel between Manchester and London every week on the motorways and I'm always seeing people wandering over on to the rumble strip and suddenly waking up. Scary....

[darmstadt]

The manager of a Formula 1 racing team used to live in our village and his wife was friends with my mother. One day they were both out having a few drinks and she drove home and in doing so passed a police car who didn't stop her. However the next morning they came around and breathalysed her and although she was not over the limit they back counted and adjudged that at the time she as driving she would have been over the limit and she lost here license.

[Jet Setter]

The booze bus is a great idea....

I also love the free tea and coffee they give out at the service stop on the road from Wollongong to Canberra on the side of Lake George....is that some sort of national scheme to keep people awake on long trips?

If so it would be a great idea over here. There's far too many drivers that will drive tired rather than getting out on the motorway for a rest. I travel between Manchester and London every week on the motorways and I'm always seeing people wandering over on to the rumble strip and suddenly waking up. Scary....

Yeah, that sort of stuff is an organised push to make people pull over and refresh themselves so they don't fall asleep at the wheel. There's another big ad campaign 'A 15 minute powernap could save your life' that has done wonders. Driving tired is looked upon almost as poorly as drink driving these days.

[Paddy]

Yeah, that sort of stuff is an organised push to make people pull over and refresh themselves so they don't fall asleep at the wheel. There's another big ad campaign 'A 15 minute powernap could save your life' that has done wonders. Driving tired is looked upon almost as poorly as drink driving these days.

There have been campaigns on not to drive when tired in the UK. What makes me angry is when I stop to have a snooze Mr Plod comes up as asks why am I snoozing in the car; the motorway services limit you to a two hour stop and there are no lay-bys for resting on motorways unlike on the continent. Particular in Germany the rest-stops are every 30 or so kilometres apart.

[shoes]

We should all be strapped to our beds for own good. Won't somebody think of the children!?


Far too many police follow the letter of the law without first engaging their brain, using a little common sense and some pragmatism. You can't point this out to them because they're took thick to understand it.

[SueEllen]

I'm probably going to get flamed like mad but as far as I am concerned we should not have a "legal limit" - the blood alcohol level should be ZERO.

The limit is to stop people who have used things like mouthwash being done.

Anyway it's suppose to be lowered soon.

One thing people need to be made more aware off, especially those who drive after a night out, is the amount of units in one drink. Most alcohol is stronger now than it use to be so a pint is a minimum of 3 units rather than 2.

[original PM]

Drink Driving is bad - lets clear that up ---- however

the new law which drops the limit from 70mg to 50 mg will simply be used to catch more people who are trying to go to work after having a few beers the night before and doing the sensible thing by not driving that evening.

The thing that really f*cks me off is that the reduction in limit will catch more people who have a cheeky one after WORK or those who had a few to many the night before did not drive and are now driving to WORK

Do you know it won't catch the lazy chav scum who do not work and can therefore lie in bed until they are under the limit (at which point they then drive to the pub and get completely stocked before driving home well over the 50 to 70 mg limit.)

So looks like Gordon is biting the hand the feeds


useless scottish wtat

[BlasterBates]

The manager of a Formula 1 racing team used to live in our village and his wife was friends with my mother. One day they were both out having a few drinks and she drove home and in doing so passed a police car who didn't stop her. However the next morning they came around and breathalysed her and although she was not over the limit they back counted and adjudged that at the time she as driving she would have been over the limit and she lost here license.

hmm she got caught out there, with a bit of quick thinking she could have said she drank after she got home, but I suspect she was honest.

Always a good idea to have your drink at the beginning of the evening and then spend the last hour or two on water.