jimdavis
Banned
I'm struggling to find anything that confirms your assertion that no alcohol was involved. Any of the drivers in the 108,479 accidents could have consumed some level of alcohol. If they were breathalysed and registered below the legal limit, then no potential crime has been committed based upon alcohol consumption and as such it would not be recorded. The chances that all of these drivers blew 0 at the roadside? Zero. A significant will have blown between 1 and 35. This will have impacted their perception and reaction times.
From looking at this and your previous posts, I appreciate that you have an 'agenda' because of your own experiences with the UK drink drive laws.
Trying to paint drink drivers caught before causing an accident as some sort of persecuted minority who didn't do anything wrong is disingenuous.
When you set out in a vehicle knowing that you have consumed alcohol this is a pre-meditated act. You are taking a chance that if caught you will blow under, you are taking a chance that you won't be stopped at all. More importantly, you are taking a chance with other people's lives. You do not have the right to take that particular chance which is why the law is what it is.
Hi Alan and thanks for your response to my posting
You imply that the system hasn’t treated my unfairly and I’m stuck in an endless loop
of self pity and bitterness.
OK you are welcome to your opinion however, here is my response regarding myself being
treated unfairly by the law.
My widowed Mother was beaten up by her new partner in 1976. I called the Police who said it was a domestic incident and wouldn’t attend.
One of my daughters was run over and quite badly injured in 1992 by a motorist who was incompetent and blamed for the incident. The motorist wasn’t prosecuted.
In 1995 a woman crashed into the back of my car due to incompetence and lack of
concentration. She caused considerable damage to my car but wasn’t prosecuted or disqualified.
My Wife and eldest daughter were physically beaten by two Police officers in 1998 for
no reason. The two Police officers later denied all knowledge of the incident despite the fact that many people witnessed the incident.
In 2011 a man broke into my house and caused a lot of damage.
He was arrested and interviewed by the Police. The offender admitted his actions and
finger prints taken from my house proved he was the offender.
Despite this, the Police dropped the case I and had to repair the damage to my house
using my pension which took me a long time to save up.
In 2012 several thugs broke into my eldest daughters house and beat her up in front of my
three grandchildren.
The Police caught them and then dropped the case due to lack of evidence despite there
being several witnesses who were ignored even though they were willing to come forward to give evidence.
I therefore consider I have been treated very unfairly by the law even though you seem
to think otherwise.
Maybe you think that my mother, wife and daughter being assaulted and the Police taking no action is fine as long as the offenders hadn't been drinking.
Jim.