How to get away with a drink driving charge - would this work?

OMARS_COMING_

Lets say you had a few pints and shots of vodka and decided to drive home.

On the way home the po-lice follow you and pull you in

You pull the car in of the road and take out the keys.Then you get a big bottle of vodka out of the glove compartment and drink it all in one go.

Would it work.

Hande hoche!

probably not.

Grolschevik

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

Lets say you had a few pints and shots of vodka and decided to drive home.

On the way home the po-lice follow you and pull you in

You pull the car in of the road and take out the keys.Then you get a big bottle of vodka out of the glove compartment and drink it all in one go.

Would it work.

Nope. You'd still be "drunk in charge".

tuxy

Definitely not

hairyprincess

Can't see why not

FatherLen

YES

OMARS_COMING_

Grolschevik wrote: »

Nope. You'd still be "drunk in charge".

O right i didnt know that.

I thought that because you drank all the alcohol outside of the car that they have no way of would have no way of knowing if you were already drunk especially considering the amount of alcohol.

o well back to the drawing board

hairyprincess

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

O right i didnt know that.

I thought that because you drank all the alcohol outside of the car that they have no way of would have no way of knowing if you were already drunk especially considering the amount of alcohol.

o well back to the drawing board

WHAT????

Are you drunk now op?

OMARS_COMING_

hairyprincess wrote: »

WHAT????

Are you drunk now op?

No i am just trying to see if this is possible

MagicSean

No. It changes the burden of proof. It is then up to the defence to prove that you would not have been over the limit anyway.

M cebee

you might pass the breathalyzer after a few pints and a vodka

it's not unheard of

telekon

Id prefer to go to court than drink a bottle of vodka. Rank...

prinz

It's been tried already OP. Wasn't there a case a while back of some lad who fled the scene of an accident, went home and had a few glasses of scotch to 'calm him down' before he reported it...

With blood alcohol levels testing it's not too difficult to estimate how much alcohol was in the system, and for roughly how long and compare that to your story.

Immaculate Pasta

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

o well back to the drawing board

Rabidlamb

Had a friend do something similar, he was followed home by the cops after a tip off.
Cops got to his front about 5 minutes after he'd pulled in & met him with a bottle of whiskey in his hand swigging it back.
They could do nothing & left.

upinthesky

might work if you get out of the car with the bottle of vodka run across the field and sit in the middle of it ad drink it lol

OMARS_COMING_

prinz wrote: »

It's been tried already OP. Wasn't there a case a while back of some lad who fled the scene of an accident, went home and had a few glasses of scotch to 'calm him down' before he reported it...

With blood alcohol levels testing it's not too difficult to estimate how much alcohol was in the system, and for roughly how long and compare that to your story.

Yeah thats where i had a feeling it would all crumble.

I thought maybe drinking so much alcohol would kinda flood the body with so much alcohol that it would make it difficult.

Actually come to think of it maybe if you drank 2 big bottles of vodka,so much of it that it bascially hits you so hard that it knocks you out cold then you couldnt take the breatalazyer lol,prob better of just not drinking and driving maybe

Jet Black

A girl I worked with said something along those lines happened to her dad. He was stopped at traffic lights and a car hit into the back of him. The driver then tried to get away but her dad followed and the driver eventually pulled in. He could see that the driver was drunk and called the garda. The driver then took alcohol out of the car and started drinking it. The Garda came and could not arrest him for drink driving. How true this is I don't know.

SEPT 23 1989

They cant charge you if you don't remember it

Chuck Stone

If you close your eyes they won't be able to see you either.

marty1985

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

They cant charge you if you don't remember it

I'm a solicitor, and the above is actually true.

aujopimur

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

Lets say you had a few pints and shots of vodka and decided to drive home.

On the way home the po-lice follow you and pull you in

You pull the car in of the road and take out the keys.Then you get a big bottle of vodka out of the glove compartment and drink it all in one go.

Would it work.

Are you related to the guy looking to buy a driving licence ?.

working fool

Jet Black wrote: »

A girl I worked with said something along those lines happened to her dad. He was stopped at traffic lights and a car hit into the back of him. The driver then tried to get away but her dad followed and the driver eventually pulled in. He could see that the driver was drunk and called the garda. The driver then took alcohol out of the car and started drinking it. The Garda came and could not arrest him for drink driving. How true this is I don't know.

If that happened in Navan about 2 years ago ur right , I know the guy that did that

hairyprincess

If a person is ballsy enough to drink and drive then they should have the balls to talk any punishment coming their way :mad:

El Horseboxo

hairyprincess wrote: »

If a person is ballsy enough to drink and drive then they should have the balls to talk any punishment coming their way :mad:

Drinking and driving doesn't come come from the balls. It comes from the empty space where most people keep their brains.

codrulz

probably would if you had a vodka bottle filled with water otherwise they would know the bottle of vodka only has X amount of alcohol so then where is all the other alcohol coming from!?

Captain Darling

If they take a urine sample is there not a way to find out how much alcohol is in your system and get an idea on how long it has been there? I thought i heard something about that before.

shopaholic01

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

Lets say you had a few pints and shots of vodka and decided to drive home.

On the way home the po-lice follow you and pull you in

You pull the car in of the road and take out the keys.Then you get a big bottle of vodka out of the glove compartment and drink it all in one go.

Would it work.

I think it would take time for the alcohol to be absorbed so they could take you to the police station, get a urine sample and read your alcohol level from that. If it was that easy ............;)

Wossack

I know someone who's best mates auntie, when pulled over said 'do you know why Ive stopped you this evening' at exactly the same time as the gard, and jinxed him

the culture of deference

Last year during the summer friends of mine were parked up beside the Barge pub on the canal, they had the car doors open and were drinking. The keys were not in the ignition.

They were questioned by passing patrol car, produced their documents and the gardai went on about their business.

Plazaman

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

Lets say you had a few pints and shots of vodka and decided to drive home.

On the way home the po-lice follow you and pull you in

You pull the car in of the road and take out the keys.Then you get a big bottle of vodka out of the glove compartment and drink it all in one go.

Would it work.

Only if you share the vodka with the lads. They be quite thirsty at times and it's a well known fact that all Gardai are mad for Vodka - can't get enough of it.

the culture of deference

thread reminds me of a joke a mate of mine use to tell.

2 cars crash into each other.

both guys get out of the cars and are ok.

all is polite and they ring the gardai.

garda say they will be along

1st guy goes to his car and takes out a bottle of whiskey from the boot and says "fcuk this I need a drink to steady my nerves", then he looks at the other guy and goes "where are my manners, would you like a nip",

the 2nd guy (in shock) goes sure and takes a huge swig from the bottle and passes it back to the 1st guy. The 2nd guy asks the 1st if he is gonna have a swig, and the 1st guy puts the bottle away and says "no thanks, i'll just wait for the gardai"

AboutTwoFiddy

OP all you have to do is trick the Garda into taking off his hat, they can't arrest you if they're not wearing it.

Happened to a friends brothers cousin one time.

im invisible

You cant be breathalysed untill 20 minutes after you've had your last drink, so if you think you might be slightly over, tell em you're only after having a drink, and it might give you enough time to metabolise it...

(not too sure if this would work, they have to bring you to the station anyway to get a proper reading)

I_smell_fear

FatherLen wrote: »

YES

A combination of your user name being "Father Len2 and your emphatic "YES" made that quite funny!

token101

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Had a friend do something similar, he was followed home by the cops after a tip off.
Cops got to his front about 5 minutes after he'd pulled in & met him with a bottle of whiskey in his hand swigging it back.
They could do nothing & left.

Some smell around here......

copeyhagen

dont drink and drive. end of!

Kamjana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bkEASIp5s