Driving Under The Influence

[Guest XR09]

Usually the boys will show some disgression on that. As long as your keys are not in the ignition they should be ok. Lock the cab and keep them in your pocket.

Good thing to remember if you are staying on a boat too. Someone has to be sober at all times

Remember it's eight hours between bottle and throttle at least.

[_Spin_]

Things may well have changed and a ute could be the deciding factor, but back in the day I don`t recall anyone I knew found sleeping it off in a car with the keys on them or anywhere near them who didn`t get pinged for it.

Mind you back then, it wouldn`t have been " I`m a bit over, I`ll sleep it off "

It`d have been: " mang, om thash pished I carn fargon see.. "

[Mat]

I NEVER drink and drive, I NEVER will and I would NEVER let someone drink and drive home. Once I even followed this girl who was serving all over the road so I called the cops. No trace of them within 25minutes...

I can handle my drinks alright but I'm either the designated driver (I might have one if im eating and driving 3 or 4 hours later but even that's rare) or I leave the keys at home.

Blew 0.2x on the way home one night as a passenger though

Funniest thing is when a mate had a young cop tell him to "blow harder" so he immediately stopped and cried sexual harrasment for the world to hear One red faced copper and lots of laughs all round. Same bloke told a female officer it was like his bucks night all over again. Need to be the right sort of person to say those sort of comments and get away with a laugh

Edited 26/01/10 04:38 PM by Mat

[Rhino1980]

IMO drink driving is the ultimate selfish act. No regard for others whatsoever...

[Iconic Bionic]

Things may well have changed and a ute could be the deciding factor, but back in the day I don`t recall anyone I knew found sleeping it off in a car with the keys on them or anywhere near them who didn`t get pinged for it.

No chance. A few myths going around about this.

I.B.

[Guest XR09]

So why not give them a heads up on it ?

[The Jizard]

I had one that scared the absolute crappers out of me when I was 17, I had my bike license only then, was at a mates place for a boys drinking session which turned bad, needless to say I thought it would be a good idea to bail and decided to ride my bike home. Was a 5min ride home in the early hours of the morning, all I remember was following the white line home, what got me was how the hell did I stay upright for the whole trip. I got away with it and that was 15 years ago and I have never done it again car or bike, since that night I freak out on a bike even if I had one beer, I cant ride with anything in my system anymore. It is a little bit easier these days, since I was 21 I drink maybe 5 times a year if Im lucky and if I do the missus is the designated driver, but its usually the other way round.

[Rhino1980]

So why not give them a heads up on it ?

Unsure what the specific proofs of the offence are, been gone too long, but basically the Police must prove that a person found in a vehicle, over the legal limit, but not actually driving it, was making an attempt to put the vehicle in motion. Having the keys in the ignition certainly adds evidence to the charge, so does being in the driver's seat...

[Iconic Bionic]

So why not give them a heads up on it ?

I always do when they pop up. One hasnt yet.

Unsure what the specific proofs of the offence are, been gone too long, but basically the Police must prove that a person found in a vehicle, over the legal limit, but not actually driving it, was making an attempt to put the vehicle in motion. Having the keys in the ignition certainly adds evidence to the charge, so does being in the driver's seat...

Keys irrelevant. Occupying drivers seat is required, whereas being asleep in the back of a ute isnt.

And without being too technical being over the limit isnt that important either.

I.B.

Edited 27/01/10 09:28 AM by Iconic Bionic

[Rhino1980]

I.B. I reckon you'd have some trouble charging someone for attempting to put the vehicle into motion if being over the limit wasn't important, otherwise you could charge a sober person for attempting to put a vehicle into motion. I would hate to be slammed by the magistrate for not covering this as circumstantial evidence. It is not an offence to sleep in the drivers seat of a vehicle, nor to even occupy a vehicle when drunk. If you found someone asleep in the driver's seat drunk, with no keys or other evidence of attempting to put the vehicle into motion, good luck proving the offence. The accused would no doubt argue that he was simply sleeping in his vehicle and could use all manner of reasons for doing so as a defence. Keys in the ignition would add weight to the circumstantial evidence seeing keys are required to put most vehicles into motion. Totally agree on the sleeping in the back of the ute point.

Just the way I see it no offence meant