Dashcam footage shows drink driver in head-on collision

[@richarddutchholland4780]

…also banned from driving for two years? He was probably driving around illegally the following week for fuck sake!

[@aaronmicalowe]

The fact that watching this video informed the algorithm to change recommendations to suicide relief, suggests that even a computer knows better than we do what is really happening.

[@stephenpearce3880]

What are you talking about? Suicide???@@aaronmicalowe

[@aaronmicalowe]

@@stephenpearce3880 The fact that watching this video informed the algorithm to change recommendations to suicide relief, suggests that even a computer knows better than we do what is really happening.

[@onlyonewhyphy]

How can you type fuq, properly?! 😮

[@grzybobranie7765]

People that drive whilst drunk/ or under the influence of any dr*gs should be perma banned from driving. Maybe 5 years or so, if they didnt cause an accident, but if they have just like in this video, then permanent ban.

[@madeleinel6089]

8 months suspended, bloody disgraceful, he could have killed people!

[@Gazza3501]

Par for the course in this country. No deterrent

[@madeleinel6089]

@@Gazza3501 sadly, that is so true,the sentences passed these days are a disgrace, I’m sure it’s because we don’t have enough prisons

[@AustinGoodman-ub9fo]

What do you expect? A white man would have got the proper sentence!

[@FF-pq2ex]

its fucking useless , I was robbed my deposit by some daft renter and the police came said its civil matter and said they can't do anything , he called police aswell @@simon67bob-zu3do

[@noname-vl2ys]

+@madeleinel6089 Well the doctors the pseudo-doctors/psychiatrists the lawyers attorneys penologists police men prosecutors and interrogators can also kill people and most of them actually do and no one of them is ever arrested.

[@moodypurple]

And now the poor victim in the red car has their vehicle written off, probably has no money for a new car as the insurance will probably pay peanuts, and afterwards their premiums will rise. The drunk bloke gets away Scott free!! What a joke!!

[@ozbolli]

If you're off a boat you get a life given to you on the tax payer

[@lmaorocky8569]

gets away scott free😂 did you not see the end bit mate

[@PrivilegedWhiteRabbit]

@@lmaorocky8569 He didn't get a drunk driving charge, which may have carried a longer driving ban because he refused to provide a specimen at the station. He got off very lightly.

[@neddyseagoon9601]

Refusal to give a specimen often gets you a longer sentence... Blowing at the cop shop is not really any better than two or more officers making a statement about what they could observe. @@PrivilegedWhiteRabbit

[@neddyseagoon9601]

@@PrivilegedWhiteRabbit so the rights of a court to impose a 60 month ban instead of the usual 12 for a first offence is not longer? There again... 6 months in prison for a first offence for refusal alone is more prison time than a first offence will usually get you... But none of that info will likely change your mind... I merely bothered typing it so that others can see just how wrong you are...

[@edz619]

He was close to killing innocent people and he gets a suspended sentence!!!!! Ridiculous!

[@lysdexsick]

Put him in prison for a Long Time Please!!!

[@geezerp1982]

max sentence is 6 months ! fun fact is some US states drink driving is an indictable charge

[@claireseyeviewonredbubble]

Many prisons have been converted into hotels, the remaining ones being overcrowded

[@justsayin644]

and throw away the key

[@neilharrison7555]

109, nearly THREE times the legal limit, at 1330 in the afternon. Frankly, his sentence should NOT have been suspended. He very nearly killed the innocent driver of the car he hit He was DRUNK and had NO insurance. It should have been JAIL, especially given the VERY high reading, and the fact he refused to provide at the police station.

[@BlackLines]

just to add, the limit is 35 so at 109 he was slightly over three times the limit (105). Shocking.

[@guyr7351]

Totally agree the date stamp was saying it was New Year’s Day 1.30 pm. So he could have been celebrating till early hours. The fact he had no insurance etc all adds to the crime and how he can effectively get a slap On the wrists of a fine, community service etc is a joke

[@kevindarkstar]

Totally agree, what if instead of a car a motorcyclist had been coming up that road 😮

[@BlackRat-vw9jv]

What makes you think he has been drinking that morning, he could have had an amazing night out and this is still in his bloodstream.

[@911HRW]

If the legal limit is 35, how is 109 3 times over it? Surely he is twice over the limit of 35?

[@UkztactiicZ]

No insurance,, leaving it to the innocent red. car driver to pick up the pieces :(

[@ozbolli]

Pieces*

[@georgebarnes8163]

the victim can claim for their car from the MIB, it costs nothing and does not effect NCB

[@adriver6587]

@@georgebarnes8163 not entirely true, yes no effect on no claims and compensated by MIB eventually, after a fight, but classed as being involved in a "incident" that the insurance companies will still clobber you with for five years regardless of none fault or NCB, been there done that

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@adriver6587 I have made 2 claims of the MIB, no change to my premium or NCB at all as no claims are made against the insurance company.

[@euan1234]

@@adriver6587 for sure. I had a driver crash into my parked car once. And even despite their insurance paying for repairs, I still had to declare it on my insurance for the five years. This year it ended... and my insurance price has gone down now

[@lesleyscott938]

What an absolute joke the court systems are in this country

[@CharlesKenwright]

Depends what religion or culture you are apparently,it’s a disgrace

[@vetworker]

Should be a ban for life, custodial sentence. No excuse whatsoever!!

[@AR-ov2nr]

A very poor, meaningless sentence....

[@DrPangloss]

There is no verb in it for a start.

[@Larry]

Drunk/Drug driving involving a crash should be a lifetime ban, driving is a privilege, not a right.

[@SmD-ff5xd]

Larry hope you're doing alright bud

[@Larry]

@@SmD-ff5xd thanks matey, slowly sorting myself out :)

[@RichardMcLaren]

No, if you have passed a test and have a licence, driving is a right.

[@sambettridge3674]

they were arresting people for tweets but you get this slap on the wrist for being 3x over the limit and almost killing people. Great job British justice system!

[@monkee1969]

arresting white British people for tweets

[@vwtdis]

The Police and the Courts are two separate organisations, what the Police arrest for and investigate is right but when it gets to Court they have different standards and make some very frustrated decisions

[@djyems1021]

name two examples of someone getting arrested for tweets. ??

[@sambettridge3674]

@@djyems1021 Joseph Kelly, Tweeted something about Captain Tom Moore. And a man who posted a pride flag in the shape of a swastika (ironic)

[@monkee1969]

@@djyems1021 I'm so glad you asked: Joseph Kelly, 36 (2021) Justin Lee Price, 19 (2020) In 2015, 857 people were detained, up 37 per cent increase since 2010. You posted as if there weren't any?

[@gerardleahy6946]

He got off very lightly. Here in Ireland the refusal to provide a breath specimen on the roadside or in a police station means a 4 year automatic ban. No insurance usually results in a ban also.

[@ivortoad]

They should also ban driving Manual's too.

[@toonmag50]

R of Ireland drink driving one of the worst records in the world. Most drunks not caught, but nigh on 40% of all fatal crashes involves drunk drivers , which gives a clue on the scale of ale .

[@paulharper4196]

I'm in australia and going by what I've seen on some of our cop shows this guy would have 100% gone to prison here.

[@TOPtee34]

Need to follow Ireland lead

[@luki7093]

WTF justice is that!! some deterrent. Useless judges

[@miclchaos]

Pissed, No Insurance, he could have killed someone. And yet he got a suspended sentance and a fine he will probably not pay. He should have gone to jail.

[@johnanthony6092]

If he doesn't pay his fine he will.

[@workonesabs]

Blame the CPS...

[@robleary3353]

Bastard!. In Australia on the freeway I hit a drink driver. I was overtaking in an overtaking lane when the guy suddenly did a right turn accross me from the inside lane with no indicators as I was coming up on him. No signals, no brake lights. Fortunately I was driving a big old Ford Falcon (tank). The Police charged him, arrested him DUI and driving whilst suspended for same offence!. With witness statements I was able to prove he was in the wrong!. My insurance company fought me every way claiming I was at fault for overtaking!. Took six months to get it sorted!...... Nuff said.

[@kevindarkstar]

Insurers are only interested in the bottom line, not people 😮

[@AntonHu]

That's why everyone needs a dash-cam. My insurance co. was the same, but the cam-footage sorted them out.

[@kevindarkstar]

@@AntonHu certainly puts paid to any argument 😉

[@robleary3353]

@@AntonHu This was before they were available! ☹️

[@AntonHu]

@@robleary3353 Not according to the date stamp on the video, and a passing car has a 2020 registration.

[@ianbradshaw1770]

Miserable sentence

[@rivierapalms6485]

The British justice system is pants!

[@philyew3617]

Pants??? Pants are a very usefull item of everyday clothing. Ergo- Pants are a good thing. Did you perhaps mean The British Justice system is weak and ineffective?

[@rivierapalms6485]

@@philyew3617 it’s an expression we use in Britain

[@philyew3617]

@@rivierapalms6485 I'm British, in England and 75y/o. It's another piece of gibberish that came from America.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@philyew3617 is it? I took it to mean underpants, not trousers. No one calls men's trousers 'pants' in the UK. Women's trousers, maybe.

[@johnfishnet]

I'd deal out my own justice

[@andyhaslam9231]

There should be NO suspended sentences for anyone. He should serve 8 months. Also what also winds me up is when a headline says...Man given life sentence,then it says he will serve a minimum of 12 years. THAT IS NOT A LIFE SENTENCE. All sentences should be a minimum term of X .

[@paulharper4196]

Yeah the term "life" needs to be reserved for the rare cases where it actually is for life.

[@captainfantastic9238]

It is a 'life sentence' with a minimum tariff before being considered for parole. There is no guarantee that release will occur after the minimum sentence is served, only that release may be considered. If release under license occurs, the life sentence is still valid for life, and recall to prison may occur if the terms of the licence are broken.

[@thefakewitchdoctor]

As others have said already, but I just feel like repeating it in a different format Whole Life Term = no parole whatsover Long sentence/life sentence = no automatic release at half-way mark like shorter sentences. Instead there is parole which is not guaranteed. A convict who behaves himself impeccably while on parole can still be returned to prison with absolutely zero notice. He wakes up a "free" man, and the cops are at his accomodation ready to transport him. Obviously I've simplified it quite a lot and I don't understand it all, like extended license for long-term sentences.

[@andyhaslam9231]

@@thefakewitchdoctor There was a story on BBC News the other day and the headline was attacker given life sentence. Second paragraph said...he will serve a minimum of 8 years. It is Farcical. That is not a life sentence it is an 8 year stint inside. All prison sentences should be served in full. Now if you get a 24 month sentence you only serve 12 so give them a 48 month sentence so they actually serve the 2 years. Then of course we would have more prison overcrowding.

[@jansenblyth4320]

Well done for the police doing their job, pity the judge didn't do theirs!!! 2 year ban and 120 hrs community service...thats really going to help the victim of that head on crash get over it quickly.....not

[@paulgoode5245]

Pathetic aint it

[@brimptonestateservices3317]

The judges should be instructed to find these people guilty and no appeal. Other countrys tell the judges what to say.

[@pevebe]

Meanwhile an English guy just got sent away for 2 years over stickers

[@brimptonestateservices3317]

Its time the army was instructed by the heads of the armed forces to run the country. Preferably the paras.@@pevebe

[@pevebe]

@@brimptonestateservices3317 Army are just as bad mate. The second most powerful general in the country Sharon Nesmith wants to make it easier for non passport holders to become officers. Even saying she wants civilians to become officers without even joining the army All the institutions are rotten to the core. Everything needs to be torn down and rebuilt

[@ktang001]

8 month suspended sentence! That will deter him from doing it again!!! Farking joke.

[@NicolasValentinScotland]

I don’t like to see new surgeons or doctors getting into accidents . Those are the most needed people .

[@KnowledgeSeeker999]

Bet you any money he works for the NHS... your point is? We service as a business healthcare workers in that area and we know the demographic well. No one will be there look after your gran mate.... ...

[@NicolasValentinScotland]

They are bad drivers without a drink . most of those buy driving licence online . @@KnowledgeSeeker999

[@krr4370]

@@KnowledgeSeeker999 Ok I bet you a million pounds. He works (or maybe worked now) as a security guard at Servest Group Ltd. I'll give you until next weekend to pay.

[@KnowledgeSeeker999]

@@krr4370sure mate, just gave you an understanding to why it's a spontaneous human problem. Why does the population expect the ethnic minorities not to commit any crimes or wrong doing?

[@sicr7373]

@@KnowledgeSeeker999 I wouldn't want the likes of him looking after my Gran (if she was still alive bless her) or any of my family thank you very much!

[@milliewilkie1969]

because prisons are full population has risen by millions and no new prisons built and people are walking free ,,another who thinks UK laws dont apply to them

[@paulmahy]

prisons are full of people on IPP sentences ten years after the end of their sentence, even through the law crapped the IPP in 2012, anther great idea from fucking blair.

[@brimptonestateservices3317]

Capital punishment will reduce the prison population, especially when the government tells the judges to impose it on crimes such as drink driving, robbery, theft, shoplifting, murder, treason and arson, this list could be increased as the prison population falls. The country would then spend less money on prisons.

[@coppershark1973]

NOTHING for the innocent victim? The law is a JOKE.

[@forddude1976]

Well done biker for stopping and helping, and to all the emergency people. Sheam the courts don't back up our deadactetd police force

[@philt1362]

straight away i noticed the people in the cars behind dying to get past - not arsed if someone is seriously injured etc - lovely!!!!

[@jonathanmarshall2802]

That's because they're all soft liberals.

[@markfox1545]

Deadactetd? Sheam?

[@rayaspo4893]

Another suspended sentence. Absolute nonsense behaviour from the court 🤬 what goes through the mind of these mindless magistrates? I despair at what our country has become.

[@johnrichardson5700]

Being guided by the Left wing Home office not to jail anyone who is not a "far right thug"

[@paulkinetic8756]

Appalling judgement from both the driver and judiciary,in reality he was just patted on the back and given a lift home and escaped any accountability for his actions.

[@markl8740]

Appalling judgement... from you! Anyone reading that and concluding the sentence is a 'pat on the back' is devoid of judgement and proportionality.

[@paulrichards6894]

this could have ended far worse...what an idiot

[@brimptonestateservices3317]

They do not take any notice of these type of sentences. Prison with hard labour is what is required.@@markl8740

[@jamesduffy9946]

That idiot nearly killed an innocent driver and gets a slap on the wrist unbelievable 😡

[@imik3y]

fastest police response I’ve ever seen

[@TroubadourK]

Yeah, unreal, actually. They must have been right behind that bike.

[@rdrhouse]

there was an edit to the video before the police arrived.

[@Antient.Briton]

Fifty-five years ago I successfully avoided an RTC when a driver pulled out in front of me at a T-junction. The driver of a police car, parked on the forecourt of a local pub, asked me if I’d got the rego. I hadn’t, and the PC breathalysed me, and arrested me. In those days the limit was 80, and I was 84; I was guilty. I was fined seven weeks’ pay, and I had to revert to normal duties, losing my parachute pay - twenty per cent of my pay in those far-off days - for a year. There is no mention of any fine or costs in this item, nor in the Daily Mail article. This clown was more than three times the limit, wrote off two cars, injured the other driver - broke his hand and wrist, according to the DM - and was uninsured. He got a suspended sentence for failing to provide a sample, dangerous driving, and driving uninsured, but no penalty for causing injury. It seems that when there is an actual victim, there is no victim surcharge! Doubtless a woke magistrate is responsible for this mockery against British ‘justice’. Chalk up another victory for the race industry!

[@jong9945]

Open boarders open criminals...this is coming to your roads near you

[@chriskessell4579]

Mass migration of non Christians into Christian counties has been planned research who's funding NGOs like IsraAID listen to Barbara Learner Spectre watch Europa the last battle .

[@Rumouruk]

Because British people never act like this! Be careful, your racism is showing...

[@QiuEnnan]

Most of the times I’ve been endangered by others they were white British people.

[@pensans1]

@@QiuEnnan Maybe because 80% are British white ? Just a thought.

[@QiuEnnan]

@@pensans1 Yes

[@markgomez3688]

He nearly killed the poor red car driver, he should be charged with attempted murder, he aimed his car at them. He drank then got in a weapon and used it to kill someone..

[@Absofragginlutely1]

I will never understand why dangerous drunk drivers are not banned for life.

[@darren25061965]

Probably for the same reason they let murderers out of prison, the punishment must have a date at which the penalty is considered served.

[@sphinxtk]

So compare this to the guy who was recently jailed for 18 months for speeding late at night on an empty road, sober, in his own taxed, insured and MOT'd car. Did no harm to anyone else. But this guy, drunk in broad daylight and smashing head first into someone, gets a lesser punishment. There is no logic in our legal system.

[@CJRSBK]

No insurance, as well as dangerous driving and intoxicated gets a suspended sentence 😂😂😂😂😂

[@AntonHu]

Note how careful the police officer is being... for a certain reason.

[@alanc2k1]

yes can't give cause for any offence

[@quasimodo8215]

And some people are being stupid for certain reason too...

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

I was stopped and breathalysed a few years ago. The copper apologised for interrupting my journey, I thanked him for doing his job. Be polite , let them do their job, get on your way ASAP. Drink driving is despicable.

[@TheDct88]

3X over the legal limit, gets a slap on the wrist. He could of killed someone, hit a pedestrian, If he gets away with it what's the deterrent for others not to?

[@FFVoyager]

It's a shame that every ban doesn't also require the driver retake their test before being alowed to drive again. The individual has proven that they are not good enough to drive - why will taking time off driving improve their skills?

[@georgebarnes8163]

If the ban is over one year an advanced driving test must be taken.

[@FFVoyager]

@@georgebarnes8163 where does it say that?

[@DemiGod..]

Not a big deal if in america. In one state, you keep answering questions on the computer part till you pass. The pratical part involves turnign right 4 times round a block. A person who sat that test, hit the curb on 2 of the turns and still passed. It is very rare in america to fail a driving test. In another state , the practical part involves doing one turn in a parking lot plus parking between cones, you get 3 attempts. Americans can drive in the UK - now that is scary. One of them killed a motorcyclist then fled to the USA.

[@FFVoyager]

@@DemiGod.. unsurprising that the driving standards in many states are so low. (Last time I looked the KSI rates in the US were WAY higher than the UK.)

[@frankiemustill5466]

So someone who was 3 times over the limit and not insured gets a slap on the wrist…………who says crime doesn’t pay. He wasn’t worried about drink driving or insurance before……..do you think he’ll care next time he drink drives and crashes without insurance or license? What happened to his poor victim. Shocking driving and pathetic punishment.

[@m4d_mark_xtr3me79]

No insurance, over the limit and only gets 120 hours of community work. Where's the justice in that, that other fella just had his car written off and maybe even life long injuries. Bluddy pathetic 😒 Shouldve been asked to pay compensation for damages done to the other persons property tbh

[@marksmith-xg7pv]

Thank god the biker was behind this guy, not coming the other way. The sentence is a bad joke, like so much of our judicial system and in fact, UK politics in general.

[@glynjones5280]

Jail time is needed

[@jeffmoore4153]

Another foreigner. Being disqualified wont stop him driving....

[@leejames7915]

He should have gone to prison.

[@BIGGGESTAL]

Sentence doesn't fit the crime

[@Jez1963UK]

Has previous experience of blowing into a breathalyser, says it all.......

[@james2156]

3x the limit fucking hell, being from Peterborough mad to see

[@suzannehaigh4281]

Nice an polite, he is over 3 times the limit and he will be back on the roads as soon as he gets a car..

[@kquat7899]

That's his contribution to British society.

[@TomalakGeretkal]

Erm how do you know? Nah you're just assuming aren't you.

[@pevebe]

@@TomalakGeretkal You are all a poison to our country

[@wheelywot]

Our legal system urgently needs reform

[@hit.the_north]

The cop is so apologetic coz he’s terrified of being labelled racist 😂😂😂

[@GrahamMarkham]

Not Bloody good enough. He should get a 5 yr ban automatically.........Anyone caught drink driving 5 year ban !!!!!! Plus Costs, fines etc....Could also consider the repairs of any other vehicle/property.....

[@rikardsaje]

Why doesn't the courts make him pay for the victim's losses? Also glad the injuries weren't bad but could've been so much worse.

[@stevenc5227]

Well the police would say that the victims losses are a civil case and not a criminal case, so the victim would have to take him to court as a separate case as the police would not pursue this, and seeing as the drunk driver probably owns nothing that can be taken from him, it would be pointless.

[@paulharper4196]

It's sometimes the case, I've often seen on TV shows "the driver was banned for 18 months and ordered to retake their driving test"

Proberbly hasn't even got a license . 🇬🇧

[@justsayin644]

even the ones like him who do have a license its generally hard to tell anyway from the standard of their driving

[@brimptonestateservices3317]

of course not. its not a ox cart.@@justsayin644

[@videogalore]

To maintain that level of professionalism after a reading like that is highly impressive. Well done folks. As for the uninsured part, I really want to see more ANPR cameras around the country to pick these up automatically and prevent things like this happening. Great to see a high number of hours for community service here in the sentence.

[@dWFnZWVr]

Drunk crashers give us drunk drivers a bad name. Don’t conflate the two.

[@yaboi6006]

You mate are a mong head. ​@@dWFnZWVr

[@CycolacFan]

ANPR does nothing to detect drunk drivers, having more police on the street is what finds crimes like that.

[@videogalore]

I agree, that's why I said that it would help with uninsured drivers @@CycolacFan. If they are also drivers under the influence, then it's taking out two birds with one stone!

[@flipper2392]

He doesn't impress me, I live in Cambs and the police are a waste of space, he's almost apologising for bagging him.

[@nigelcarty8084]

Never ever drink and drive!! The very first words my driving instructor said to me the day of my first driving lesson. This was in 1996, I was 21 years old.

[@harold6863]

A fine upstanding English gentleman 😂

[@geezerp1982]

call ICE to deport it now

[@neilrobertson811]

Yup. Another waste of space who has no reason being in the UK.

[@billytheghillie]

What colour was he? I couldnt make out.

[@Byley-e7h]

@@billytheghillieIts hands are black so I presume its face is as well .

[@philco7044]

There’s nothing like a ice cold drink of diversity at 1:30 in the afternoon !!

[@TheoutdoorsArcher]

I would expect the drink driver to be jailed.

[@terryross1754]

Never heard such a dithering hesitant and uncommanding approach by a police officer. And that drunk POS should have been made to pay any resultant costs/losses of the victim, - e.g. replacing the destroyed vehicle as a minimum. No wonder people have less and less appreciation for law enforcement. It is now largely biased in favour of the guilty, so the government can close the jails.

[@richardmessenger9474]

Should be a mandatory 5 year ban for failing to provide...

[@elizaann1888]

Absolutely ridiculous he should have gone to prison. He will do it again.

[@DJJAW11]

... Deportation !.

[@gdreading9088]

Prison and then pay all the expenses for the poor victim

[@jamesraven6761]

The guy is obviously so drunk or high he’s out of it, just caused a head on collision, and the police still have to be namby pamby asking his permission to do a breathalyser test, it’s embarrassing. Someone like that doesn’t deserve politeness or respect of any kind. Also why did the motorbike rider run straight to the car that caused it, how about checking on the innocent car he drove into. People like this should be banned from ever driving, why a short suspension, so he can kill someone a short while later doing the same thing again?

[@BonnyBrown]

8 month suspended so he didn’t do any jail? This is the issue, no deterrent

[@victorgrasscourt3382]

Should have been jailed and deported. Terrible example of so called justice.

[@iainmclaughlan1557]

Should get 15 years in prison.

[@RoyBarnes-v9p]

I totally agree, Britain the laughing stock of the world.

[@blacktemplar2377]

Tbf the Japanese do exactly that if someone is injured and a massive fine of like £1000 or £2500 on top of that if I'm not mistaken.

[@Slynsmiley]

Deport!

[@mattattwell8059]

8 month suspended Ouch bet that really hurt

[@ThePhilvantwo]

So basically he's got away with it. Should have all his assets seized and be deported.

[@SpanielRacing2]

@CambridgeshirePolice Well done for showing this video, as well as naming & shaming the suspect! We never usually get to find out who it was, and only occasionally hear what the punishment was. For various legal reasons, offenders are normally always anonymous, whether that’s on social media, or TV documentaries, which honestly isn’t a right that offenders should be offered. It might also act as more of a deterrent if the system changed & potential offenders get used to the fact that (potentially) ‘everyone/anyone’ will know their name & exactly what they did. There’s probably hundreds of thousands of previous drink driving offences where the name of the offender is only known to the police & the courts. The media obviously can’t write a story about every criminal offence, so some people probably like the fact that very few people know about what they did. Sadly, not everybody seems to realise that the easiest & safest solution by far for everybody, as well as themselves, is to have *zero alcohol* if they are going to drive. If a taxi is a last resort, that’s still cheaper than the fines, court costs, and the price of much higher future insurance premiums, let alone the cost of getting around while they are serving bans. They could lose their jobs as well, meaning they lose their income. Is the cost of a taxi to prevent all of the above, as well as death and injury, still too much? Clearly not. One of alcohol’s effects are that it lowers inhibitions & affects judgement, so how do drivers know that once they have consumed less than, or up to the legal limit to drive, that they won’t be persuaded by others or the ‘moorish’ nature of alcohol to have more to drink?! They may very well have never started out with the intention to exceed the legal limit, but how do they know that they will definitely be able to stop drinking before consuming too much? If you have no alcohol at all, you don’t have anything to worry about, except perhaps other drunk people driving cars (!) Personally, I would also change the law so that the calibrated Drago breath machines (used at the roadside by officers) can be admitted as evidence (instead of just a ‘guidance’) especially when suspects fail to provide back at the station. While they might not be quite as accurate as the extremely accurate custody intoxyliser systems, they are still accurate enough & calibrated to be used on members of the public at the roadside for officers to determine whether they are suspected of being above or below the 35 microgram per millilitre of breath limit, so if they are deemed accurate enough to enable officers to arrest someone, then surely they should not just be treated as an irrelevant ‘guideline’ that is not evidential?! Just because the custody intoxyliser machine happens to be accurate to an even higher degree, in no way does that mean that the roadside Drago machines are ‘not’ accurate at all. Speed cameras can be fixed, or they are carried onboard police cars, but we don’t start dismissing the portable speed detectors saying that we can only trust fixed speed cameras, so why is this any different? Roadside Drago machine evidence should be able to be used in addition to/instead of the intoxyliser if the subject does not provide the ‘evidencial’ sample. The Drago results should at least be allowed to be admitted at least as a ‘ballpark’ figure if someone blows 40 or over (and yes, I know the legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath), because it appears from watching documentaries that suspects are only actually charged if their custody result is over 40 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, or the blood test equivalent which is 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. When a driver blows 40 or over on a Drago roadside machine, that result was captured at the roadside which is very shortly after the suspect was driving, making it relevant. By the time suspects try to waste as much time as possible before being admitted into custody & then blowing on the intoxyliser, it just gives them more reason to hope that by the time they are in the intoxyliser room (which is always at least 15/20/30+ mins later) the lowest of their two results will be under the 40 microgram limit, however, that’s not a true reflection of their alcohol levels whilst driving, due to the time elapsed before the only admissible sample is taken. That simply cannot be right in this day & age! Safety for all road users & pedestrians is the paramount issue here, nothing else. The more people that stop dying as a result of drink driving, the better off society as a whole is. At no point during anybody’s driving lessons or test are they ever required to consume alcohol, far from it. So why is it acceptable for some people to feel they ‘need and/or deserve’ their allowance of alcohol before driving?! All it does is cost lives, and money from written off cars & road furniture damage. There is absolutely no benefit whatsoever of having alcohol in your system whilst operating a vehicle that probably weighs at least a tonne, it just massively increases the odds that one lapse in concentration, one poor decision, or one misjudgement could end in death, serious injury, or vehicles/property to be destroyed or rendered worthless by insurance companies. Yes, while products like mouthwash & some foods may contain alcohol which could lead to accidental/unintentional consumption of alcohol, we are an advanced enough society to be able to ensure adequate labels & warnings are mandatory on such products. I simply never have any alcohol at all if I’m going to drive, it’s really not difficult. You can’t also get drunk at night & expect to be sober in the morning. If you can’t calculate how many units you have consumed & how long your body will need to process & remove all that alcohol, leave *at least* ‘12 hours between the bottle & the throttle.’

[@martynmiles9778]

Throw away the key or deport him.

[@siraff4461]

So the guy had no insurance and was that lathered he had a head on. Why would anyone think he's going to listen to a ban? This should have been no insurance, drink driving, causing harm (be that property, injury or both) by dangerous driving and you can throw intent in with any or all of them depending on where/when he was drinking. There are probably some endangerment ones that could be thrown in the mix aswell and there is no way he should have got away without prison after that. But its a ban. Pathetic.

[@melesmeles5080]

What I would like to say to the court who dispensed this pitiful sentence, that could have been your loved one in the car he hit and with a worse outcome ruining lives forever. Shame on you for not protecting innocents.

[@karate_girl_ibiza]

They have to be linient or they get accused of picking on him bcs hes black

[@mike747436]

Fortunately for all concerned it wasn’t a head-on collision, but a side-swipe.

[@richardeggett392]

That's why you should not bother getting insured, do not bother with a license and you pay less than law abiding people,

[@tonyrosewell1488]

Probably hasn't paid his fine and not done any community work! 12 months in jail and a ten year ban will make him think about what he did!

[@joelyoungcbi]

Call me harsh, but if you cause a crash while intoxicated, 25 years in prison. If you're caught driving intoxicated even if there's no crash, 15 years in prison. There should be no leniency, period. Driving while intoxicated is basically intent to cause harm, or attempted murder, or even murder. No excuses.

[@GairikGhosh]

So all you managed is a suspended sentence. Brilliant job by judge and CPS.

[@ifitistobeitisuptome]

Should be straight to prison!! No more questions asked! 3 times over the limit and caused crash in which other people were very likely injured! STRAIGHT TO PRISON!!! Yet another example of 'diversity' NOT being a benefit to this country!!!

[@paulmorris8336]

What a joke. Should be a compulsary prison sentence for no insurance, added to 3 times over the limit 5 years would have been a fair prison sentence

[@RichardASK]

8 months suspended sentence, so let off then!

[@Daniel-deMerrivale]

He got away with it then. Three times over the legal limit, uninsured and an utter danger to road users. The person in the red car was totally innocent and was the one who paid far more than this jerk (been wiped out myself by drunk uninsured drivers, it took months for the MIB to pay and even then the total costs were not covered). The MIB takes around £30 off every PAYING persons insurance every year to cover uninsured drivers like this jerk. Whilst he has paid nothing because, of course, he’s above paying insurance and the law. When are we going to have proper laws that treat these criminals with a hard sentence. People writing things the elites do not like get three years!

[@sergueymelnikov7977]

How about life imprisonment? This guy is a murderer in the making

[@mattwuk]

Disgusting sentencing, if that red car had been me on the bike then my wife would now be a widow and my kids fatherless.

[@chrisjohnson6236]

More used to steering a boat across the chanel than driving a car

[@63apw]

Simply outrageous,what can you say

[@helentucker6407]

Wow, he got off light!

[@willdixon2349]

Someone should appeal this sentence as being unduly lenient !

[@SebulReath]

The sentence was too lenient. And will not deter these offences. The police done their job. The courts failed to recognise the seriousness of the drivers wreckless selfish actions.

[@juliebullen5291]

his voice says it all i feel so sorry for the other driver and hope no one was hurt in the other car

[@barbarybar]

Copper having to tiptoe as though he was treading on eggs.

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

They are terrified of being labeled as racists.

[@neilmckenzie1989]

He should NEVER be allowed to drive again…

[@christinehales4222]

I really dont care whether these idiots kill themselves ,but dont wreck the lives of the ' victims ' & their families .Suspended sentences are a joke & dont get me started on the ' 'disqualified for 2 years business . .i had to surrender my licence in 2011 due to a medical condition .I consider myself less of a threat than these drivers

[@sicr7373]

The policeman seemed almost apologitic! and once again the justice system has failed to provide proper justice for the British people. This clown should have got jail time and if possible, deportation at the end of his sentence!

[@johnschlesinger2009]

People who do stuff like this should be banned for life, and should be sent to prison as well.

[@brianperry]

Years ago l saw a small car cut in two by a drunk Mercedes driver...he careered off the road and hit a tree, he stepped from the wreak with a minor wound to his head..The lady diving the other car had her leg smashed. When l walked to the smashed car l mentally prepared myself for a shocking sight, However, she was still conscious but her legs were a mess...l was first on the scene but was never called as a witness..which l thought was strange at the time. Even now twenty years later l wonder what the outcome was.... Probably crippled the woman for life, whilst he still drives completely oblivious of the day he changed that woman's life forever.

[@johnferry7778]

Some things stay with you don’t they.

[@AlexanderWright1]

What's the betting he went on to drive while disqualified?

[@paulnolan1352]

Just get on with it!, the copper spends too much time waffling on.