peterm:
goshow:
peterm:
All seems pretty bloody harsh to me. If the police were so concerned about it, why didn’t they simply keep an eye on him. Oh hang on, there probably ain’t enough coppers to have a drive past on their rounds…It’s all about risk management and covering arses these days. The police could have sat there for hours waiting to see what the drivers intentions were but if he’d driven off and mowed someone down then you can imagine the front page of every national paper.
There’ll be a lot more to the OP. The old bill won’t have just rocked up and nicked him. Likewise at the station, there is a drink drive procedure to go through and the driver would have been asked numerous times to provide a sample and also warned numerous times about failing / refusing to provide.
99% of the time it’s always best to comply with the police, especially if you haven’t done anything wrong. Act like a [zb], get treated like a [zb]!
Totally agree regarding attitude. Someone mentioned earlier that there might have been a language barrier. I don’t agree with that because not only would the police have tried to get the message across that he had to blow in to the bag/machine, but I’m pretty sure they’d have got an interpreter in. So on second thoughts, I’d say he was probably stroppy and got his just desserts.
you are correct, the police would of probably used language line, that the person translates all that needs to be explained. I am sure not applicable to all police services around the country they have cards in all dialect for non English speaking suspects.
however, he was bound by law to not move the truck, but he was still in charge of it so shouldn’t of been drinking, no driver should have any form of alcoholic beverage whilst at work. my friend still recalls the incident on the M25 back in 2006 when kids died because a ■■■■■■ up professional had a drink the night before in his cab. all drivers deserve to be prosecuted for drinking whilst on rest in the cab regardless of a 9,11 or 45.