The words Dick and head come to mind, it's not like he's short of a few bob for a taxi.
Same with Tiger Woods, there's no excuse when anyone drink drives, but with that amount of money it's just unbelievable.
Tiger didn't drink and drive, I don't think. At least not recently - he was arrested for suspicion of DUI cos he was asleep at the wheel, but I think it transpired he was on a cocktail of prescription painkillers. And it goes to show how unfair it was on him that the dashcam footage was released, because here you are saying he was drunk, when really he was spaced out from dealing with chronic pain.
Got the devil in him that boy. They try and purvey a family image but I ain't buying it. Wasn't he caught pie eyed in a casino a couple of months ago. All alone as well. I think he's about to crack.
No, he was driving whilst intoxicated, it doesn't really matter why he was intoxicated, these guys can afford almost anything in the world but will get behind the wheel, whilst not sober, rather than paying to have a driver on stand by, just in case. Literally putting lives at risk.
I don't say this as someone judging the use of alcohol and drugs, it's the getting behind a wheel after doing so I have a problem with.
No, he was driving whilst intoxicated, it doesn't really matter why he was intoxicated, these guys can afford almost anything in the world but will get behind the wheel, whilst not sober, rather than paying to have a driver on stand by, just in case. Literally putting lives at risk.
I don't say this as someone judging the use of alcohol and drugs, it's the getting behind a wheel after doing so I have a problem with.
Yeah fair enough, it was definitely irresponsible of Tiger, but it's not the same thing as drinking alcohol and driving and hoping to get away with it. Tiger pulled over when he realised he couldn't drive, and fell asleep - which is when the cops found him. He definitely shouldn't have done it in the first place, but I think your comparison is too simplistic.
I think it's a fairly simplistic line, he may have pulled over when he realised he couldn't drive, but he should have known he shouldn't drive at a much earlier point.
Cars can be lethal, it's our responsibility to know what we've taken when we decide to take control of one.
I think it's a fairly simplistic line, he may have pulled over when he realised he couldn't drive, but he should have known he shouldn't drive at a much earlier point.
Cars can be lethal, it's our responsibility to know what we've taken when we decide to take control of one.
Your initial comment heavily implied he was drinking, which was completely inaccurate, particularly as I'm not even certain it was illegal for Tiger to drive on any of his medications in isolation. Like I said, it was irresponsible, or perhaps even incredibly naive as maybe he didn't realise the combination of drugs would have that effect. When he got behind the wheel he may well have felt completely normal. So comparing it to drinking beers and thinking "ill risk it!" remains simplistic IMO.
For the amount of time his driving ban lasts he can afford a daily chauffer dirven car. The money that will be to him for that period will probably like the cost Charlton season ticket to me.
A lot of angels on this post... Assume no-one here has done it.
Maybe in the past. A rule of thumb about thirty years ago was you can have 2 pints and you'd be ok or have a good sleep and you'd be ok in the morning. With hindsight that was stupid and like a lot of things we know better these days. No excuses nowadays.
I think it's a fairly simplistic line, he may have pulled over when he realised he couldn't drive, but he should have known he shouldn't drive at a much earlier point.
Cars can be lethal, it's our responsibility to know what we've taken when we decide to take control of one.
He was apparently driving after taking a new medication which had bad side effects. He wasn't charged because it seemed he couldn't have known his body's reaction.
I don't know what the medication was and obviously don't know the symptoms, but as someone who has had to cycle through a lot of medications/dosages over the past couple years (never had this kind of problem), I can tell you it very easily could be an honest mistake. Yes, in an ideal world we would all be smart enough to think "Well I've just started a new medication I should stay home for 24-48 hours to gauge my body's reaction." But in reality, that doesn't happen.
His case does not seem anywhere near as cut and dry (not pun intended) as drink driving.
A lot of angels on this post... Assume no-one here has done it.
Nope. Driving 24 years, never done it. Suspect that will be the case for the vast majority of people born after about 1970 - though I can understand and appreciate people were a bit more blasé/ignorant of the effects back in the day. Different eras, obviously - but anyone who drink drives now is an absolute . Not even a slight excuse for it.
Find it very hard to believe that people who have been driving for decades have never got behind the wheel when they may have been over the limit. How about big boozy nights out when you oversleep and are late for work and you jump in the car in the morning rather than walking to the station etc? You do not feel pissed after 4 or 5 hours sleep but you may still be over the limit. I have been driving well over 30 years and when I was young and immature I certainly drove when probably over the legal limit. But then I didn't drive when I was smashed. The generation before mine had and sadly in some cases still has the unacceptable attitude but the younger ones apart from the obvious chavs and filth have a completely different perspective. The long campaign has finally hit home and drink driving is, generally, socially unacceptable these days.
Driven since 1988 and never drunk-driven. I'm disappointed that some of you can't believe there are people who've never done it.
My old man gave me a serious talking to the day after I passed my test. Told me if I drink drove I'd get no sympathy or support from him. He also pointed out that if I drove early morning after a night out it was no better and that people who did that and used it as an excuse were just trying to justify their own selfishness. I listened to my old man because at that time he was working on the ambulances in Hackney and he'd seen enough carnage caused by pissed up drivers to know what he was talking about.
I'd like to think I would never have done it anyway, but I'd recommend all newly qualified drivers having a bit of a chat about drink-driving with a grizzled old paramedic.
A lot of angels on this post... Assume no-one here has done it.
Nope. Driving 24 years, never done it. Suspect that will be the case for the vast majority of people born after about 1970 - though I can understand and appreciate people were a bit more blasé/ignorant of the effects back in the day. Different eras, obviously - but anyone who drink drives now is an absolute cunt. Not even a slight excuse for it.
A guy i work with's uncle is a magistrate. He told me that his uncle when presiding over drink - drive cases, that approximately 80% of those that get caught that come before him are done the next day. Are you telling me you have never drunk the night before and got in your car the next day.
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They try and purvey a family image but I ain't buying it.
Wasn't he caught pie eyed in a casino a couple of months ago. All alone as well.
I think he's about to crack.
I don't say this as someone judging the use of alcohol and drugs, it's the getting behind a wheel after doing so I have a problem with.
Cars can be lethal, it's our responsibility to know what we've taken when we decide to take control of one.
Good comeback after 6 years.
driver.
It was her motor.
I don't know what the medication was and obviously don't know the symptoms, but as someone who has had to cycle through a lot of medications/dosages over the past couple years (never had this kind of problem), I can tell you it very easily could be an honest mistake. Yes, in an ideal world we would all be smart enough to think "Well I've just started a new medication I should stay home for 24-48 hours to gauge my body's reaction." But in reality, that doesn't happen.
His case does not seem anywhere near as cut and dry (not pun intended) as drink driving.
Sccrrreeeechhhhh!
SMASH!
I don't believe it! The stupid idiot!
Sorry. Are you alright mate?
Oh yeah! Just look at my motor.
Eh? You been drinking?
So wot if I have?
'Gainst the law innit?
Coppers coming John?
Too right they are.
My old man gave me a serious talking to the day after I passed my test. Told me if I drink drove I'd get no sympathy or support from him. He also pointed out that if I drove early morning after a night out it was no better and that people who did that and used it as an excuse were just trying to justify their own selfishness.
I listened to my old man because at that time he was working on the ambulances in Hackney and he'd seen enough carnage caused by pissed up drivers to know what he was talking about.
I'd like to think I would never have done it anyway, but I'd recommend all newly qualified drivers having a bit of a chat about drink-driving with a grizzled old paramedic.
I'm assuming the woman will now launch a reality tv career - she sounds v classy.
Up the Bingo in my Beetle with Rooney