Conor:
Geopost (Parceline/Interlink/DPD), did when I was there. You’d go down to the hub and when you handed in your paperwork they’d tell you whether or not you’d been selected for a drink/drugs test.
I’ve kind of changed my views on this recently.
I used to think that getting a breath test by anybody other than the Police was not on, as I would have took it as an insult to my professionalism and sense of responsibility, and felt pretty strongly about it.
However firm a mate of mine works for do this regularly, my mate held the same views, was never picked for it, but intended to make a stand if he ever was.
One afternoon they randomly tested an agency driver who had came in to start a shift, he was found to be well over the limit to drive.
Apparentlly the guy was a recovering alchoholic who had lapsed.
The point is his trip out involved passing a school at home time, of which my mate’s kids attended.
My mate came up with quite a number of ‘‘What ifs’’ 
,.and was very alarmed by the potential scenarios this guy could have caused.
As for ZERO tolerance to alchohol,… maybe this is the wrong thread to discuss this as emotions are running high with the mention of innocent epeople tragically killed, and a child being badly injured,
BUT… is this not just a knee jerk reaction?
As Yorkshire terrier said ‘‘Only a fool drives drunk’’
‘‘drunk’’ being the operative word.
As Juddian says nobody is condoning somebody driving as ■■■■■■ as a rat, but a guy who has a bottle of Bud with his supper the night before, is he as bad as the ■■■■■■■■■
Some will disagree, and say ‘‘Yeh he is’’ but a zero tolerance policy is a bit like chucking out the baby with the bathwater imo.
In the 80s most of us spent the night in the pub on nights out, and a lot were ■■■■■■ before going back to their cabs.
I’m not advocating for a return to those days at all, but as an example, I myself for instance parked up one night last week, had a bloody good meal, 2 pints of bitter, back in the cab for 10pm,.and had a late 8.30 start to tip next morning, so am I in some of your views wrong for that?
It’s a poor analogy but it’s a bit like having a zero tolerance to carrying knives in your cab, is the guy who is responsible who uses them to cut up his food when in cab cooking as bad as the hot tempered ■■■■■ who would use it in a road rage scenario.
(Could certain members who wish to answer this post do so in an adult way please, due to the seriousness of the thread, and not turn it into an ‘‘insult tennis match’’ if not keep it shut…thanks.)
