According to the BBC, the actor Kris Marshall has been successfully prosecuted for drink driving. It is news that will bring relief to the thousands of motorists and pedestrians who have to risk their lives every time they step outside their house.
Ok, so sarcasm doesn’t carry over well on the internet, but this is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the guy drove to a Tesco’s car park, decided to go an have a swift half, ended up having a bit more than that and made the decision that he shouldn't drive, so slept in his car. Good fucking man, he's taken the sensible option and not risked his licence, his life or anyone else’s.
Or so you would think. Turns out that both the police and the magistrates court in south Somerset think that the correct solution would have been to drive home. At least that’s the only conclusion I can draw from their actions, where between them, they breathalyse him (After waking him up!), haul him in and then ban him. If he had driven home, the chances are he would still have his license. Assuming the court is bright enough to realise this fact, then they must realise the message they are sending?
The article does not make this clear but apparently having the keys in the ignition counts as driving, even if your seat back is basically horizontal. I find myself wondering if this was by any chance a WPC who thinks the natural home for car keys is the bottom of a handbag, and that the appropriate time to reach for them is 5 minutes after you get into the car and have fiddled with your face and hair. Obviously if it was a man, then he would know that getting into the car and putting the key in the ignition are actually one and the same activity. Draw your own conclusions.
This whole keys in the ignition thing is frankly worrying as it means that I illegally drove my parents cars multiple times as a child, when they got out of the car to put the bins out, step into a newsagent and the like. Maybe I really was a child criminal, although I expect my mother would disagree (I think!) Still, given the insanity we are seeing more and more in this country, I'm surprised I'm not considered a hardened criminal because I sometimes like a glass of wine with dinner at home.
Ok, so sarcasm doesn’t carry over well on the internet, but this is fucking ridiculous. The truth is, the guy drove to a Tesco’s car park, decided to go an have a swift half, ended up having a bit more than that and made the decision that he shouldn't drive, so slept in his car. Good fucking man, he's taken the sensible option and not risked his licence, his life or anyone else’s.
Or so you would think. Turns out that both the police and the magistrates court in south Somerset think that the correct solution would have been to drive home. At least that’s the only conclusion I can draw from their actions, where between them, they breathalyse him (After waking him up!), haul him in and then ban him. If he had driven home, the chances are he would still have his license. Assuming the court is bright enough to realise this fact, then they must realise the message they are sending?
The article does not make this clear but apparently having the keys in the ignition counts as driving, even if your seat back is basically horizontal. I find myself wondering if this was by any chance a WPC who thinks the natural home for car keys is the bottom of a handbag, and that the appropriate time to reach for them is 5 minutes after you get into the car and have fiddled with your face and hair. Obviously if it was a man, then he would know that getting into the car and putting the key in the ignition are actually one and the same activity. Draw your own conclusions.
This whole keys in the ignition thing is frankly worrying as it means that I illegally drove my parents cars multiple times as a child, when they got out of the car to put the bins out, step into a newsagent and the like. Maybe I really was a child criminal, although I expect my mother would disagree (I think!) Still, given the insanity we are seeing more and more in this country, I'm surprised I'm not considered a hardened criminal because I sometimes like a glass of wine with dinner at home.
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