drink driving thread ...

[joggerjayne]

Hypothetical question ... !

You're over the limit ...

The Police stop you.

You pull over, and park ... legally.

You lock you doors, turn up the stereo, recline your seat ... and go to sleep.

By the time you wake up tomorrow morning, you will no longer be over the limit.

What can the Police do? Smash your car window and physically drag you through the window?

[boxtops]

How do you know that the police were going to stop you for drink-driving? They might have been going to tell you that your headlight was out.... and if the worse came to it, you could (hypothetically) still be over the limit in the morning They probably can still do you for parking without permission when asked to stop by an officer of the ler. Let us know how the hypothesis gets on!

[joggerjayne]

No

[boxtops]

You've missed scotman's Chinese takeaway, anyway.

[Jemisa]

They'd call for a tow-truck. When you were in the police yard then they'd smash your window in. (no witnesses)

Be Careful JJayne.

jem

[joggerjayne]

Okay, Butch ... yes. But I didn't drive.

We discussed this over supper tonight.

Boxy ... "parking without permission when asked to stop by an officer of the law"

Errm ... is that a real offence?

"How do you know that the police were going to stop you for drink-driving?"

You don't. But you know they will smell your breath, and breathalyse you, if you open the window.

[joggerjayne]

Jem ... I made "hypothetical" the first word in the thread ...

Just so that nobody would wonder if I was sitting in my car, surrounded by Police, waiting until morning.

=0)

[joggerjayne]

bez ...

Obviously not.

The question is not "Should the driver have driven in the first place"?

That would be too easy.

[vulcan]

These policemen think they can JJ.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10888435

[Buenchico]

Hi JJ

Most motoring offences aren't 'arrestable'. Drink-driving is. The police are empowered to force entry into a property (including a car) in order to make an arrest or to prevent an arrestable offence taking place. (Simply being in charge of a motor vehicle whilst 'over the limit', even if you're parked legally, is still an arrestable offence). So, yes, after trying to wake you and to get you to open the doors, they probably would smash a window.

Chris

[joggerjayne]

"They'd call for a tow truck."

On what basis?

You are parked legally.

You car is taxed and MOT'd.

No offence has been committed.

[boxtops]

I don't think it's a real offence JJ, but you never know, stuff gets interpreted....

God you mean one had drunk enough to lay out the officer with one huff, when you opened the window?

[ChuckFickens]

Suggest you unlock your doors before they smash the window Jayne :)

[joggerjayne]

Thanks, Chris.

BTW, Vulcan ... Gwent Police are run by a total w****r whose name escapes me now.

His life's ambition is to victimise motorcyclists.

Nothing Gwent Police do surprises me.

[joggerjayne]

Boxy ... which bit of "hypothetical" was not clear enough, LOL !!

=0)

[joggerjayne]

bez ... yes, obviously.