Can well remember being in a pub in Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay about three in the morn and was talking to a local and asked him ‘Do you ever get any hassle off the local law ?’ he replied … ‘no, cos I’m off duty’ and it turned out he was the law there 
raymundo:
Can well remember being in a pub in Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay about three in the morn and was talking to a local and asked him ‘Do you ever get any hassle off the local law ?’ he replied … ‘no, cos I’m off duty’ and it turned out he was the law there
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Conspiracy theory time .If the driver had had a couple of beers or wines before he went to sleep and plod smelled it , breathalysed him and found he was over what would have happened?
Seems like a way to smell breath tbh.
The plod have a set of ‘tests’.
1, the attitude test.
2. Are the keys in the ignition? (put them on the dash, not in the ignition. Make a show of putting them in the ignition to wind your window down)
3. Is the driver in the driving seat?
4. Is it likely the driver is about to drive away? (If they’ve just woken you up, you’ll be in the drivers seat because thats the door they knocked on, but not likely to drive away)
5. How much has the driver had to drink? (A beer or two, not likely to be a problem, likely to be over the breathe test after your rest could be a problem)
Doing ok with their tests, you probably won’t even be breathalysed unless you really stink of alcohol.
Fail the attitude test, you will probably need to be more convincing in your answers to any other questions they might put to you.Having a drink with your dinner in a camper van is exactly the same btw, both are constructed with sleeping arrangements for the driver.
Having a drink and sleeping in your car is NOT the same. A car isn’t constructed with sleeping arrangements, unless it’s been modified properly.Had this happen to me up the Isle Of Mull last year. I went over on the ferry from Oban Wednesday and parked up for a Thursday morning tip with Shop fittings at Tobermory then stay up there until the shop had been stripped out on Sunday to bring the returns back so I parked the truck up and decided to ■■■■ off over to Glasgow for the Thursday night and come back the day after where I went and got ■■■■■■ in the Mishnish pub in Tobermory on the Friday night then take a curry back to my truck. The local Bobby woman was patrolling the area and saw me walk back to my truck in the harbour car park and drove down to me and before she could say anything I told her I wasn’t going to be driving the truck as I wasn’t moving till Sunday morning to load up, I was just having my curry then going to bed which she said was ok.
I jumped into the drivers seat and decided to just start the truck up and let it tick over to let the battery juice back up and she came back down to me in the car and said she could do me for being drunk in charge of a vehicle and I should sit in the passenger seat, eat my curry with the keys out of the ignition then go stright to bed otherwise I’d be nicked and warned me she’d be bobbing back regular to make sure.Sounds like a rarity for today, …a sensible old style copper using a bit of common sense and discretion.
I reckon if you’re on your bunk with a few pints on board with your tacho on daily rest, it’s obvious and.a reasonable assumption you don’t intend to go anywhere anytime soon.
But… sat in the driver’s seat with engine revving, you’ve been lucky she was a decent copper tbh mate, you know what some of the [zb] s are like today, any excuse to nick you.
Aye you are right there pal. I wa ■■■■■■■ steaming as well 
