Also been hit by a muppet on his phone. As he got out his van he was till on it and said ‘sorry mate, gotta go, just hit some bloke’. Luckily I was in a big old estate so apart from aches and pains for a couple of days I was ok. I now sound my horn at people on their phone. If anyone ever suggest misuse I will simply state that the horn is to be used to make sure people are aware of your presence- something they can’t claim to be 100% if they are on their phone. And hopefully it disrupts their call if only for a short time.
Whilst I sought of agree, it does make it less entertaining for those of us who live in rural areas and would be the death knell for even more of the remote pubs.
I think it’s supermarkets that are killing pubs. Cheap booze. By contrast I went out in London last week for a night out. £6.75 a pint of bitter. In fact we then had a curry and the lager there was cheaper at £6.20 a pint. Designated driver. Zero (or as good as) limit. Simple.
Can rural pubs survive purely on alcohol sales, majority near me are ‘gastro’ pubs or at the very least serve cooked food. People just don’t drink as much as they used to in a pub, the price differential is huge. Went for a meal with the Mrs and Daughter and of the bill drink was a substantial part. I don’t drink alcohol any longer either so that was just their need to drink.
It seems the drinking demographics are changing. I know quite a few youngsters (teenagers & twenty somethings) who don't drink at all. I've been told that at our local University that 46% of of their first year students don't drink.
This was the result of mine. Broke my back in two places, had to learn to walk again, changed my life forever just for a bloody phone call. I also pap my horn when I see them on a phone, at the end of the day they are breaking the law not me.
I got caught like this on the way to the Assen TT some 35 years ago. They were random breath testing about 1 in 20 riders off the ferry. (I was an obvious target as I was first out the ferry and wheelied down the dock). We had been drinking in the bar till midnight and docked around 6am, leaving without breakfast. The very pleasant Netherlands policeman explained I would have passed the British alcohol level, but theirs was lower and I had failed it. He also pointed out that as we were still on the dock I hadn't yet committed a road traffic offence, but wouldn't be allowed to leave for 6 hours, and suggested I had breakfast and coffee in the dock cafe. We said that at 6 hours we would miss the first race and could I be re-tested at 3 hours. This he agreed to (which I passed). All very civilised I thought, and very different to British police operation in the 1980's.
Italy, late to the party so to speak with road-safety measures. Back when I lived there (1980s) it was pretty much lawless in regards to motoring offences, no-one worried about drink-driving - that said excessive drinking wasn't anywhere near the problem as here, speeding was rarely enforced and if so only by a small fine, no points on your licence so next time was just another fine - you could get a straight, short ban but you had to be really moving to do so and if you did, you could still ride a moped as no licence (or insurance or helmet) was required. The only rules with regards to mopeds, which you could ride from 14yrs was that you couldn't take a pillion and you had to buy road tax of, IIRC 1,500 lire (about a quid) but most people I knew ignored both, such was the respect for law/taxes. Police cars cruising the motorway would have their blue lights flashing if on duty and if off duty, you could essentially overtake them at any speed without fear. I used to ride out with a guy who was a high-ranking Carabinieri (Police) officer, he was an absolute nutcase on a bike and always said, don't worry if we get stopped, I'll just show them my Police ID and all will be OK. I had a late-night car accident (shamefully my fault) which caused quite some damage to other vehicles (fortunately no-one injured). Police were called, they asked me if I'd been drinking, I answered no and they took my word for it, they even offered to drive me home but as I lived just outside of their patrol area they couldn't, but did call me a taxi (pre-mobile phones). Nowadays they have a points system (though it is more generous than ours), speed cameras and many motorways have average speed cameras on much of their length so you need to be more wary. Aah, the good old days eh...
It's not quite as straightforward as that because some drugs are tested for via their metabolites rather than the drug itself. For example, the test for cannabis use is not for its psychoactive compound, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), but for the substance into which it is broken down by the liver, namely 11-nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (COOH). The limits have been set deliberately low, not far off trace, because the thinking goes that unlike alcohol, drugs are bad m'kay, and illegal, so there is no "acceptable" level. It's probably also another way for the authorities to indirectly discourage and clamp down on recreational drug use. So, even though a driver may well not be impaired in any way whatsoever, they would still be guilty of an offence.
I don’t smoke and ride (hopefully obvious) but I’d like to know what % of it remains in my system when I do. If I have a couple of bifters the night before I know I’d be fucked if breathalysed but how long does it take to get the green light?
Necking 4 cans on your own in front of the telly isn't the same as meeting mates at the pub for a couple
That's no way to talk about your friends. No wonder you end up having to get hammered on your own every night
I don’t get hammered every night of the week man, only Mondays Friday and Saturdays. The rest of the week just lightly sozzled.
That's a very good question...can't seem to find a definitive answer. "THC can stay in your system for varying lengths of time depending on factors like how often you use it and the type of drug test. Generally, it can be detected in urine for up to 30 days, in blood for up to 12 hours, and in hair for up to 90 days"
That’s a thing I don’t miss about going to ‘the pub’, especially the pub bore……….. To answer your question earlier in this thread Urine: For infrequent users, Delta 9 THC can be detected in urine for up to 3 days. For heavy users, it can be detected for 15 to 30 days or more. Blood: Delta 9 THC is usually detectable in blood for 1-2 days. However, for chronic users, it can be detected for up to a month. Lad at work got sacked for having an accident on site, he was immediately tested for both drink and drugs. All his work colleagues in his department refused to drive as they’re heavy users of drugs both at work and out of hours knowing that they’d also fail. Thing was before they sacked him they offered him the opportunity to resign which he refused, he’s now after compo for unfair dismissal.
The plod don’t take a piss sample do they? I thought it was still a breathalyser? (If stopped roadside)
