Macgregor man blows .236, once they catch him

If someone knowingly* gets behind the wheel whilst drunk, you should be treated the same as had you pulled a deadly weapon out in the middle of the city. There can be no excuse, and the result can be exactly the same has had you pulled out a deadly weapon in the middle of the city.

In fact better solution, get caught for high range drink driving, automatic on the spot amputation of arms and legs. Lets face it, we’re only speeding up the inevitable, and without arms \ legs good luck getting behind the wheel again.

* By knowingly I mean if you are 0.236, you would know that your not ok to drive, a driver of 0.051 for example, whilst over, there could be a part of you that thought you where under.

shauno said :

Its Tony Abbott’s fault

Of Mr Rabbot was PM, he would have the Navy turn back the drunks.

Its Tony Abbott’s fault

LSWCHP said :

I’ll also add that the drunken arsehat who swept through my family like a hurricane might as well have killed my cousin, who was a single mum. Her mum and her daughter were both torn into little pieces one night on a country road, and her dad died a few days later in hospital, so what’s left for her to live for? How do you get through life with that in your mind every day?

And her brother lost his mum and dad and niece also. My elderly mother cried at her sisters funeral and I couldn’t be there because I was working overseas. My uncles’s family lost a son and brother. It goes on and on.

The pain and the bloody anger at these events reverberates through multiple generations of many families. Dozens, if not hundreds of people are affected, and none of it is good.

Don’t drink and drive. If you do, and if there is a Hell, that’s where you’ll go.

I dont know how long ago that was but I imagine its like yesterday for all of you. Its a pity those that make the decsion to drive cant be made aware of how this can affect innocent people forever.

Zeital said :

Jethro said :

Ignition locks on their cars that can only be unlocked with a 0.0 breath test.

good in theory, but what happens when they get in a mates car?

If the offending twat borrows a mates car ‘knowingly’ in other words he didn’t knick it then the owner of that car could be also be charged. As time goes on new safety items are added to cars, Airbags, ABS etc I see no real reason why all news cars cannot be built with that technology as standard. the only issue of course is if the sample taken in the car returns a false-positive.

Zeital said :

Jethro said :

Ignition locks on their cars that can only be unlocked with a 0.0 breath test.

good in theory, but what happens when they get in a mates car?

Then the mate who enabled them (either through lending them their car or by blowing into the bag for them) is equally as liable for their drink driving offense and any consequences of it, such as a killed motorist.

As I said, why can’t we at least trial this option?

Jethro said :

Ignition locks on their cars that can only be unlocked with a 0.0 breath test.

good in theory, but what happens when they get in a mates car?

I keep saying it and don’t understand why it doesn’t happen.

Ignition locks on their cars that can only be unlocked with a 0.0 breath test.

The technology is there I have no idea why we don’t at least trial it. These recidivists obviously have serious drinking problems and are unable to stop themselves drinking. At the least we can put a tangible barrier that might stop them driving.

I’ll also add that the drunken arsehat who swept through my family like a hurricane might as well have killed my cousin, who was a single mum. Her mum and her daughter were both torn into little pieces one night on a country road, and her dad died a few days later in hospital, so what’s left for her to live for? How do you get through life with that in your mind every day?

And her brother lost his mum and dad and niece also. My elderly mother cried at her sisters funeral and I couldn’t be there because I was working overseas. My uncles’s family lost a son and brother. It goes on and on.

The pain and the bloody anger at these events reverberates through multiple generations of many families. Dozens, if not hundreds of people are affected, and none of it is good.

Don’t drink and drive. If you do, and if there is a Hell, that’s where you’ll go.

Three members of my extended family (uncle, aunt, and the daughter of my cousin) were killed by a drunk driver a few years ago.

Anyone can make a mistake. But recidivist scofflaw drunk drivers? I’d shoot them.