Non-Believer Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 31 minutes ago, Amadeus said: Well for ages we complained they earn too much. Now they earn less it’s still not right. Mind you, a lot of things aren’t right at BV and wages are the least of the issues. It's the new modern economic ethos. Everybody else should work for next to nothing to keep costs down for the rest of us. And rich people can get much richer in the process. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Not condoning drink-driving for a moment, but there's far more accidents, injury and heartbreak as a result of unregulated speed, all year round. Yet all the effort, manpower, and resources go into this Christmas period. It's second only to T.T. fortnight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Amadeus said: Well for ages we complained they earn too much. Now they earn less it’s still not right. Mind you, a lot of things aren’t right at BV and wages are the least of the issues. have they got rid of longtail yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, offshoremanxman said: People drink drive all year round. It isn’t really our annual drink drive campaign. It’s just the only time of the year that the police can really be arsed doing anything about it as it’s easy as so many people are usually out at once. Guess you must miss the news the rest of the year when there's drink drivers in court or do you think they just turn up and admit to it all? Edited December 4, 2021 by thommo2010 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteron Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 46 minutes ago, thommo2010 said: Guess you must miss the news the rest of the year when there's drink drivers in court or do you think they just turn up and admit to it all? So why is the campaign only at Christmas? The annual warnings are unlikely to be heeded by those they're aimed at, as drink drivers tend to offend habitually. Or do the police think some drivers only consider offending during the festive period? If the campaigns were successful, surely offending would recede, yet it doesn't seem to. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mysteron said: So why is the campaign only at Christmas? The annual warnings are unlikely to be heeded by those they're aimed at, as drink drivers tend to offend habitually. Or do the police think some drivers only consider offending during the festive period? If the campaigns were successful, surely offending would recede, yet it doesn't seem to. It's highlighted more round Christmas time because there's more people out, you get your once a year drinkers, you get people who might think it's worth the risk and they won't get caught. Drink drivers are caught and sent to court all year round. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman34 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 14 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: In most cases it will be concerned members of the public tipping the police off. The chances of getting caught outside of that by being stopped by the police are fairly slim for 11 months of the year. How do you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, manxman34 said: How do you know? Offshore's daily driver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 35 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: In most cases it will be concerned members of the public tipping the police off. The chances of getting caught outside of that by being stopped by the police are fairly slim for 11 months of the year. Yeah that's not really true though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Another two single car accidents last night apparenty. All got out with little medical intervention it seems. How many single vehicle crashes has there been recently?? Seems loads . One at least at braaid cleared the hedge and down the field . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman34 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 41 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: Because when do you generally ever see a police vehicle or checkpoint anywhere outside of Xmas? How do you know what I see? You make a lot of assertions without supporting evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 39 minutes ago, thommo2010 said: 1 hour ago, offshoremanxman said: In most cases it will be concerned members of the public tipping the police off. The chances of getting caught outside of that by being stopped by the police are fairly slim for 11 months of the year. Yeah that's not really true though Looking at recent cases it appears to be a mixture. Some are spotted directly by police, some are detected by police after they have been called to a crash, some are picked up by the police for other reasons (eg headlights), and some are only called out because of reports from the public. It would be interesting to know the breakdown, but there may be no single main reasojn for detection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Tailing and stopping random motorists. It's a turkey shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Shake me up Judy said: Tailing and stopping random motorists. It's a turkey shoot. I don't know why we have these purges at Christmas , Drink driving , use of excessive speed and driving way beyond ones capability is a year round curse on this Island ,and driving under the influence of drugs or a controlled substance is catching up fast , the other ,( were here to justify our existence ) is the silly add that will appear in the newspapers shortly about the importance of defrosting your Christmas Turkey before you cook it , this was fine in the 1960 when people first bought freezers , and didn't understand food preparation as there were no instructions on most food products in those days where are these people for the rest of the year ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De nada Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Omobono said: where are these people for the rest of the year ? In hospital with food poisoning I would guess? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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