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Whilst sitting in sainsburys car park today a man in the car next to her, sat in the drivers seat was swigging from a bottle of sherry which he kept hiding back into a carrier bag.
She decided to get the police involved by actually going round to the nearby station.
Mins later police car goes out with sirens on.
Worried she's ruined the life of someone already desperate enough to be drinking like that.
I suppose it saves him potentially ruining lots of other peoples' lives when he drives off.
Tough one, but on balance, I think she did the right thing.
Tough one, but on balance, I think she did the right thing.
Agreed.
[quote=deadlydarcy ]I suppose it saves him potentially ruining lots of other peoples' lives when he drives off.
Tough one, but on balance, I think she did the right thing.
+1
This might also be the kick up the arse he needs to get his drinking problem sorted out.
She did the right thing.
No need to have any doubts about that.
His life would be far more ruined if he mowed down a bus stop full of innocent people.
Right thing.
He may have needed someone to notice he needed help before admitting it to himself.
100% the right thing. As above might save an innocent, might also be the kick he needs to get sorted.
Done the right thing
I have, a handful of times, called the police from the pub where I've sat and watched people down 5+ pints then get in their cars and drive off
It's not even a tough one. There are no excuses for DD, don't care if they kill themselves but if the kill or injure others...
There are no excuses for DD
*Edit. See below! Better than my effort!*
😀
There are no excuses for DD
Yes, I'll just go back and edit all the ones I made. 🙂
Personally even though I am not a "person of interest", I am terrified of ever having anything to do with the cops, in my paranoid (but badly experienced) world I would suprised if your mum didn't end up in custody too. But in theory this was the right thing to do..
He might have just been tasting it, so no offence commited
100% the right thing.
If he was innocent, they'd have checked then and sent him on his way.
If he wasn't, she might just have saved a number of lives.
There's no debate to be had here, as I'm sure you know. Sympathise with alcoholics by all means, just not the ones that drive home again afterwards.
Thank your mum from me. My wife cycled home tonight and because he was busy with the police, he didnt kill her and then get away with a slap on the wrists.
Yep. No question she did the right thing.
Imagine how she'd feel if she read in the local paper tomorrow that someone had been mown down by a drunk driver....and she hadn't told Dibble about it.
+1 Thanks to your Mum from all the other road users... the other guys his life wasnt ruined by her, more like his own actions but her decision may have saved him from ruining someone elses.
Good on her.
I would have done the same
What kind Sherry was it?
Thanks your Mum for me as well
However tragic your life has been ,that it causes you to swig Sherry in Tesco car park, I dont want you on the road in a two ton killing machine whilst pissed up.
Your mam doesn't need any more affirmation than has already been given, but +1 from me too. Thanks, your mam!
dbcooper - Member
Personally even though I am not a "person of interest", I am terrified of ever having anything to do with the cops, in my paranoid (but badly experienced) world I would suprised if your mum didn't end up in custody too.
What?????????
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dbcooper - Member
Personally even though I am not a "person of interest", I am terrified of ever having anything to do with the cops, in my paranoid (but badly experienced) world I would suprised if your mum didn't end up in custody too.
What?????????
Don't do drugs kids...
Careful now I bet he works for the polis
bet he works for the polis
Da Five-O dem all up in yo grill and shit, yafeelingmebludinnittho?
Without a doubt she did the right thing. I work in logistics and I regularly get suspect drivers due course tested and have called the police on ones who have failed before.
I phoned the police on a drunk customer earlier this year who absolutely reeked of booze and then drove away. Dont know if he was pulled / arrested but felt like the right thing to do.
Wrightymum YOU ROCK!!
She did the right thing, absolutely no question about it. If she hadn't done that, he almost certainly would have ruined not only his own life, but also that of a completely innocent person and their family.
She deserves a big bunch of flowers for that.
IF he got caught, (and I certainly hope so) then it's not your mum that ruined his life, it's him. He was always going to get caught in the end, whether it be post catastrophic accident (it's always the pished driver that has the least/no injuries it seems, sadly) or this way. I know which one I'd prefer to have happened.
Please pass on my thanks to your mum - I have family in the UK - who knows if they could have been sharing a road with this drink driver today if but for her.
Certainly someone's family members would have been.
Having spoke to her earlier it appears the police have even phoned her back to thank her. They basically got to him before he drove off. Well over the limit and admitted it all on the spot. Apparently he admitted it was the kick up the arse he needed, saving him from going on to completely destroy his life.
Hope he gets the help he needs.
Nice one mum.
There should be more like her.
Well done MUM,
[quote=dbcooper]
Personally even though I am not a "person of interest", I am terrified of ever having anything to do with the cops, in my paranoid (but badly experienced) world I would suprised if your mum didn't end up in custody too. But in theory this was the right thing to do..
To be fair, you have been on the run from the FBI since 1971, so I'm not that surprised that you don't go out of your way to have contact with the rozzers.
Wrightyson's mum for Home Secretary
Wish someone had done the same as WS MUM before Jacqueline Loosley* had got behind the wheel of her car
*alcoholic drunk driver ran over grandmother & two grandchildren on pavement in West Wycombe
I think your mum is ace, but I totally get how mums worry about whether what they've done is the right thing or not, I think it's how they're wired no matter how cut and dried it might seem to normal folk. I think the thing to do is consider the possible outcomes had she NOT done what she did - dunno about you but I can't think of a single positive one. She did the right thing, absolutely. 🙂
Alcoholism is a disease it can be managed controlled or even cured but it needs an external challenge to prompt the sufferer. Had your mum done nothing he would not change only maintain or get worse . If he is at that stage the next challenge was going to be the police or a drunken crash.
Your mum may well have saved at least one life by her actions.
She was right I reported a twice banned driver who whilst banned thought he could ride a motorbike and be anonymous. The guy was an alcoholic therefore always over the limit .I actually liked the bloke and thought I was doing him a favour before he killed someone
She did the right thing IMO, although it's not an easy decision to live with.
Many years ago I called the cops on a well known (retired) tv presenter. He and his friend came into our pub once a week and always drank quite a lot. A member of staff coming in moments after they'd left one day asked how much he'd had to drink, since they'd just spotted him getting into his car.
Next time he was in, I followed him out and sure enough, he jumped in his car. He'd had 8 pints.
I told my boss, we deliberated for about 10 seconds, then called the police. He never came back and I don't know what happened after that.
I feel bad, but not as bad as I would have felt if he ended up knocking someone down, which, when you are continually drinking 8 pints and then jumping in the car, is fairly likely.
This poor guy may just have been preparing for a day at work at Sainsburys. . . . .
😉
Your mum clearly needs to watch more trailer park boys
Rum and coke on the dash board
For every action there is a consequence.
If the guy gets hauled over the coals by the police, then that was his fault, nobody elses.
Wrightymum YOU ROCK!!
surely just "Wrighty"?
Agreed she did the right thing and shouldn't feel responsible for "ruining his life" It was his decision to drink and drive, not hers.
nickjb - Member
100% the right thing. As above might save an innocent, might also be the kick he needs to get sorted.
This x 10.
Your mum definitely did the right thing.
Are you going to show her this thread to make her feel better? She deserves to see it. 8)
She may have saved his life, rather than ruined it, whatever he's feeling today.
TheBrick - Julian undoubtedly has the most drink driving style, but I was thinking more of Lahey in Don't Legalise It... White Liqour 🙂
Long story but i once reported a guy that had fallen asleep behind the wheel at a red light ! (it was late, i was coming home from a callout). Anyhoo being the small place i lived in he worked out i had reported him and doorstepped me to say thanks - he needed some help and that incident had helped him. I genuinely thought he was going to stab me to death. He came in for a cup of tea and I saw him a lot after that. Youngish guy, family, job just things were out of control.
Stevet1, that could be any member of the family.#VAGUE 😆
100% the right thing to do there is no grey area on this one. Done it myself on several occasions.