Legal Drunk Drivers from the 1960s

A current affairs show from 1967 talks to habitual drunk drivers on the eve of the introduction of the breathalyser

[@mr.annoying6009]

I love the first guy, implying that drunken pedestrians are equally as dangerous as a drunk behind the wheel!

[@Charlie_Crown]

True though, they don't react quickly enough when I mount the kerb, driving home, after a skin full 😆🍻

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

You're the one driving a large piece of metal bro

[@jafwilding]

That’s because all the pedestrians he know turn into the Incredible Hulk every time they drink.

[@sikinfectedloc9815]

Yeah except you’re driving a huge metal bullet.

[@SuperRat420]

Just means typical cager attitude has always been, shameful

[@Reginald-Montgomery-Astird-III]

That women was like "I've driven drunk all around the world, I certainly won't stop now!" Lol

[@BulkernatorKerb]

A true pioneer of the sport

[@genossestampede2754]

Going for the world record of drunk driving in every country... quite an impressive achievement

[@roadrunner2930]

A true stuck up cow 🐮

[@jokermaan1]

I bet she got nabbed sooner or later. She even sounds pissed!

[@miamitten1123]

In Keeenya!

[@danielp415]

Love how the one lady's justification was basically "look buddy, ive drunk driven all over the world"

[@keybaangel3]

😂

[@daveo2992]

Statistically the more you drive drunk the better you'll get at it

[@Yetaxa]

@@daveo2992 It's biological, strictly speaking. Your brain will adapt to doing certain behaviours while drunk. Still a bad idea, mind.

[@johnmountainstone1177]

I've driven over people in Kenya and South Africa so whats the problem?

[@maxytwist]

It's pronounced Kueen-yah apparently 🙂

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

Even back then, these careful drunk drivers knew the real villain: these drunken pedestrians, and the evil Drunk Crashers.

[@praseodymium4975]

if theres one group that gives drunk drivers a bad name it has to be drunk crashers those awful fuckers giving the rest of us a reputation

[@nigelwilliams9307]

My grandad always drank a lot and then drove home. He said there was nothing worse than having a crash when you're stone cold sober.

[@Axteffekt]

Your Grandad is a legend!

[@IatAS]

Lmaoo he's got a point tho youre much less tense comming at a tree at 90mph

[@gdbrowne85]

That's really funny. My uncle got run over and killed by a drunk driver.

[@infinightsky]

He stole that from Bernard Manning! 😂

[@MichaelBobo1]

@@gdbrowne85 It is funny

[@honeybadgerstudios21]

During the Great Depression my great great grandfather who was a farmer also delivered milk to houses and farms in the countryside for extra money. At most of his stops his customers would leave him a glass of cider or shot of whiskey as gratitude, well by the end of his shift he was pretty hammered on the regular. One evening as he was getting home (keep in mind he grew up riding horses and only learned to drive a vehicle in his adult life) he was pulling into one of his barns with the milk truck,hammered as usual, and as we was doing so he tried to tug the reigns of the truck to stop (he thought it was a horse) and he drove straight through the wall of the barn.

[@DialogDontArgue]

That's awesome I'm glad no one was hurt. Shows how there is a basic connection between the steering wheel and steering reigns.

[@MonkeyMcMonkey]

I find it very interesting that the mind could get confused between a car or a horse when not concentrating properly

[@daryl9799]

Lol great story

[@DialogDontArgue]

@@MonkeyMcMonkey that's kind of the cool thing about it, there was a sort of turning point between horse powered and car powered vehicles. Cars would have been very new to somebody working on a farm. His ancestor was probably the first generation to get their hands on automobiles.

[@TheRedRaven_]

Hahahahaha….hilarious, thanks for sharing.

[@jmalmsten]

That's the beauty of horse drawn carriages. There are plenty of stories from before cars became popular, where the driver was so drunk he/she passed out and the horse is so used to the situation that it'll pull the carriage all the way home and once arrived kick the carriage to wake the driver up. As I understand it, one of the main concerns with the newfangled automobiles was that they demanded that the driver should be alert during the whole trip. This was considered an unreasonable demand of the poor drivers. At least a horse has some kind of self preservation so it can follow winding roads they've walked dozens of times before. In a way I think this is kind of returning with the advancements of car automation.

[@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916]

No they'll still hammer you for driving drunk. You can get it in a horse and buggy, on a lawnmower, even a fucking bicycle! Cars I get, everything else is just bullshit, especially a bicycle.

[@EvilBaggOBolts]

Self riding before it became self driving

[@gasun1274]

if only horses didn't poop so much society would be so advanced

[@js2010ish]

Hmph! 👏🏼

[@Isochest]

Yep. When the driver passes out due to the turps the horse will drive him home. The original self driving car!

[@zoli11]

"Motorist Pub" 🤣 Not many of those around anymore. Remember what they took from you!! 🤣

[@OneGodYeshuah]

Taken our national identity

[@ericdomazlicky6413]

Pretty much all the pubs in the US are motorist pubs everyone drives to get there. Except in walkable cities of which there aren't many.

[@rexjolles]

​@@ericdomazlicky6413"walkable cities" I always hear people yapping about that. I have no idea what city isn't walkable, except maybe Miami or L.A. every other city I've been to there's sidewalks and plenty of stuff around

[@lljw7151]

@@rexjollesFlorida or anywhere else with huge highways

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

@@rexjollesAnother America is all ready perfect. Open your eyes and learn.

[@nicksurfs1]

My great uncle refused to invest in what was at the time a brand new business, named Ford motor company, because he didn’t know how he’d get home after a night of drinking. He was so used to passing out in his carriage and letting the horses take him home, he knew an automobile couldn’t do that. Probably the right decision but we lost out on some money haha.

[@Hereford1642]

Mind you, his green credentials are impeccable.

[@GZQ9]

To imagine getting into your carriage drunk, then just telling your horses to take you home… that’s the life

[@edge21str]

So self driving cars used to exist, huh?

[@don220486]

What a funny anecdote! Thanks for sharing

[@lukeboy61]

Give it a few more years and the cars will be driving us home pissed again

[@nightshademilkshake1]

'What can I say, I'm drunk!' - I'm going to start using this excuse more often, drunk or not

[@ive3336]

had to pause to find this comment, cracked me up that!

[@postRMO]

one of the best retorts

[@Theabandonedhousedownthestreet]

People trying to ruin my fun: “Excuse me sir, but you just committed countless unimaginable atrocities with consequences that can never feasibly be undone in the time that we humans have to roam this globe.” Me having fun: “What csan i sey, iM druNk!”

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

3:45

[@h4r4]

@@threwthelookingglass7194 3:43

[@jeffersondeleon925]

“I’m a law student “ is all I had to hear when he explained the loop hole on not getting convicted of drunk driving !! lol

[@Marcomanexists]

"But you're drunnk?" the guy's like aahhhhh you got me anyway off to plow into a cliffside

[@u12bdragon]

I loved that one guy... gave a pretty well thought out answer, even supporting the new law, then was pressed further and said "well what can I say, I'm drunk!"

[@Mojo_Radio]

Weird that the reporter kept pressing him when he made the most sober statement of the bunch.

[@shable1436]

That's an intelligent bloke, he knew he was caught, and had the state of mind to talk from both a t total POV and a pub crawler one. He must have a well to do family with lots of sober ppl in it to talk reality to him

[@ReaperCH90]

I bet he became a successful politician

[@joshuatk59]

@@ReaperCH90no way, far too normal and chatty to be a politician

[@kevocos]

The most surprising thing in this video by far is despite them even being drunk I have never heard Essex people speak so clearly!

[@tillyjones2309]

Everyone spoke proper and dressed better !

[@LeastTango]

@@tillyjones2309 would that be 'properly'😉

[@tillyjones2309]

@@LeastTango Nothing worse than the grammar police 🥱

[@billybellend1155]

That was in the days before all the Eastenders moved into Essex. The east end was still full of cockney’s.

[@JMBluecoat8289]

It’s a shame it’s in black and white because we can’t see how orange they were back then!

[@MadScienTEST]

My grandparents used to see how much they can drink and still drive home with their kids in the car. To them it was a competition. Gpa is long gone, but gma is still out there driving drunk somewhere. Please be on the lookout for her.

[@devilslamp7306]

I remember people my age doing a row of shots just before walking out the door, then trying to race home before they passed out. And I'm not that old.

[@ETAisNOW]

@@devilslamp7306That was last week.

[@Mike--Oxmall]

My father used to drive drunk all the time, this one day he bought a new car and then went to the supermarket, when he was inside some 17 year old uninsured girl came and crashed into his new car, totally wrecking it. He couldn't call the cops straight away because he was totally hammered. Someone else called the cops and he had to do a disappearing act until he sobered up enough to speak to the cops. When they asked him why he walked off he gave them some sob story about how he was so sad about his new car being wrecked.

[@Himerosteam]

Lol I got sad so I took a walk

[@Mike--Oxmall]

@@Himerosteam He got away with it.

[@Jonathan-cx6jl]

@@Mike--Oxmall kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5a9aYCihMqErKc

[@user-yh9wu4ni1e]

@@Mike--Oxmall Good for him. 17 year old drivers are worse than responsible drunks.

[@nukeputin420]

​@@user-yh9wu4ni1e thank goodness men pay more for car insurance

[@Cachicochip]

Those days feel like: "I never get too much impaired from driking 7 pints or more... the smoke from my cigarette may come into my eyes for a bit but that's it. My wife agrees." *- Harry Paxton, 15yo, from Essex*

[@DarthTwilight]

Sounds like Harry needs his keys taken away by mum.... who is going to use the car to get to the pub and back...by driving on the footpath.

[@eduj]

@James Stevens here's some good evidence to not drink and type

[@piercebrosnan9528]

@James Stevens We call our mothers Mom, Mum and Mam over here. You speak a bastardization of true English.

[@BayLeafff]

@James Stevens You realise it's mostly just Americans who say 'mom' right?

[@oShadowkun]

nice baitscuit, james. look at the flood of tea!

[@artvandelay1099]

Stuff like this just fascinates me. My grandpa could remember when you didn't need hunting or fishing licenses, driver's licenses or insurance, he could also remember when there wasn't a minimum driving age or any formal driver's education courses.

[@giacinto1966]

Its called true liberty.today they even control speech

[@th8257]

"The past is another country. They do things differently there."

[@yippee8570]

My grandad began driving before tests were introduced

[@contraband1543]

A much easier time to get by that's for sure

[@mahadaalvi]

Lol I saw a little 12 year old kid driving a massive 7-seater SUV around the city of Lahore right past police officers who couldn’t care less just last summer. Tbh he drove better than most other adults on those roads 💁🏻‍♂️

[@spaghettimkay5795]

That young, drunk guy that appears around the 3 minute mark looks like he would have been a fun friend.

[@ballesterosmusicfl1230]

Fun when he was drunk, but perhaps if he were sober, he would’ve been a sad quiet fellow:( That’s one reason some people drink; to try and escape their loneliness and depression, but that escape is only temporary!

[@gw2955]

Even in the 80's we used to go out on the weekend for a cruise down the local boulevard. Everyone was drinking. Kids would park all along the road and openly drink. All the people driving were drinking. Cop would pull us over to check if we had weed or whatever, but beer was basically fine as long as we weren't snockered. That changed in the mid 80s with tougher drunk driving laws.

[@jamesalandixon]

In retrospect, I think stopping extremely drunk people from driving cars was a good thing.

[@Gregbot9000]

quite, quite

[@donaldstewart3128]

Whoa, controversial.

[@appleboat8632]

WRONG

[@jimshelley8831]

It's not even drunk just over the limit. They a sound so middle class in this film the bloke who mentions drunk pedestrians just doesn't get it. I live in Thailand were so many road deaths are caused by speeding & drivers who have been drinking alcohol .

[@pats3071]

That’s where you’re wrong

[@Calicrimefiles]

The first guy is right about drunk pedestrians. I had one come flying off the sidewalk and t-boned me, knocked me clear across the road and totaled my car. I didn’t get hurt though, luckily I was hammered so I went all rubbery during the accident.

[@MyBoomStick1]

😂 those pesky drunk pedestrians ruining it for all the responsibly drunk drivers💀

[@Vercingetorix.Fantasia]

Love this

[@khajiitty]

Actually, pretty propa excuse for a drunk-driving, moite. Roight?

[@dar92k.]

Hahahahaha

[@benc589]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@jedibasschoke8909]

What a lovely, well spoken and attired bunch of drunks. When Britain was great.

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

Yes when Britain was socialist.

[@jaysonb.6669]

MBGA

[@LexTNeville]

@@Toodyslexicforyou social, not socialist.

[@phoenixtc4547]

“As far as I’m concerned Mrs. Castle wants to drive people off the road.” Is such a fitting quote I don’t think many have said such things better.

[@andybray9791]

The 70mph limit was awful, but introducing enforcement against drunk driving was useful

[@ksalky8950]

"what can i say, im drunk" rest in peace you extremely reasonable an drunk legend. T- 3:40

[@TruthTortoise81]

yeah that geezer was well funny. if he got drunk and ran me over in his car, crushing both my legs and leaving me a paraplegic with a colostomy bag for the rest of my days, i would let him off because he was so amusing.

[@drizzle6262]

@@TruthTortoise81 I think you need a drink

[@RR-xz6bv]

@@drizzle6262 especially after that accident

[@9DmgDone]

@@drizzle6262 if he did get hit tho we'd 😂

[@9DmgDone]

@@TruthTortoise81 you definitely need a drink ffs

[@michaelallan8843]

The woman listing of every country she had drunk drove in, is another level of class.

[@internetperson9121]

Who knows how many innocent africans she drove over while three sheets to the wind!!! Just turned on her wipers and kept it moving

[@RapturesBounty]

I can do that with arrest

[@dan3458]

"She had drunk drove in" talks about class....... P.s. it's off.

[@SeekerGoldstone]

I dont think she was saying that she was driving drunk in all of those places, she was trying to reframe the discussion around her driving skill to downplay her alcohol use.

[@iamfuckingyourwaifuandther2743]

@@internetperson9121 I mean she probably didn't have a choice if she went to Rwanda

[@Ten_Mil_Will]

My favorite quote, in the whole video "...I will take note of it" 👍 No commitment to follow it, no declaration of intent to violate it, just a "duly noted" 👍 While I realize the risk of DUI and am not condoning it, I think this approach to LAW in general is very logical.

[@Richeytherich1]

The law student is spot on with the testing, use the loopholes within the system to your advantage

[@chris-hayes]

"What's your job?" "I'm a law student" 😂 That ended perfectly

[@alexandermcintosh2046]

They never mention that drink driving was not just permitted it was COMPULSORY and it was ENFORCED. In Scotland pubs were not open on Sundays but out of town roadhouses were. The requirement was that only "bona fide travellers" could legally consume alcohol and the definition was having travelled at least 3 miles. Every roadhouse was regularly raided by the police to check that everyone had travelled at least 3 miles and offenders were fined. They went straight from this to the Breathalyzer.

[@FlushGorgon]

Is that so ? That's amazing.

[@Hungry_Box]

Drink Driving is usually defined as driving whilst over the limit. It was not compulsory to be driving over the limit.

[@yoloswaggins1579]

I mean that's not exactly compulsory, but I see your point.

[@calebfuller4713]

@@Hungry_Box There WAS no limit back then. This was the first attempt to measure blood alcohol and enforce an arbitrary limit. Alexander was just talking about a bizarre law that encouraged people to travel a fair distance to drink at a pub, versus walking up to the local a block up the street.

[@edmundprice5276]

@@calebfuller4713 Well, the limit is based upon scientific observations and testing of people under various states of drunkenness

[@FourIntoOne]

My father was breathlyseled once during the early 70's and would have been caught as he was about 5 pints in - but as he blew into the bag he actually fainted and hit his head so the police let him off and gave him a lift home and brought his car as well.

[@RichSmithson]

I grew up hearing stories about my Grandfather driving drunk home from the pub and he would fall asleep in the car as soon as he turned it off. My mother and her other siblings had to carry him in. Back then a cop was more likely to help you drive home, then arrest you.

[@ddsjgvk]

I heard stories like that too. Had a few drinks did you boys? Just get home safe

[@WolferYT]

Why would the cop drive you home just to arrest you?

[@acheybones588]

That last sentence only holds true for certain colours of skin, unfortunately.

[@Bradbry1]

He meant than not then

[@EclipsingMomentum]

Must've been nice

[@johnj3577]

Interesting to hear the law student had already worked out how to break the law and get away with it too. My Dad and his mates often used to go out in the car on weekend pub crawls in the early 70's and he told me they'd figured out a way not to crash on the way home if they got really pissed - they'd banned themselves from using any gear higher than second, and the passenger kept watch on the left incase of drifting into the verge or bushes. They never had a mishap. I guess the overall lack of cars on the road helped too.

[@tomlxyz]

I think the last sentence was really it.

[@tomtricks6838]

how old are you i feel like this isn’t something a dad would tell a teenager😂

[@LewisCampbellTech]

That's both slightly horrifying and really, really clever.

[@johnwebster5478]

I knew a law student who had worked out how to break the law and get away with it too. He was caught and defended himself, the magistrate found him guilty and threw the book at him on the grounds that as a law student he should have known better. At the time I was earning $30 per week and he was fined $400.

[@Aykosss]

@@tomtricks6838 dude the early 70s were 50 years ago

[@seamusblack5876]

This is like a comedy sketch

[@dan4856]

I hoop tae fat bar boi deid driving ees motor back home

[@garyinspain]

like something Harry Enfield might do. Especially the posh bird who has driven in Kenya Uganda and South Africa.

[@coldestbeer]

Really? Because i thought the reality with pride🏳️‍🌈🤡's was out from a comedy sketch.

[@dan4856]

@@coldestbeer hahahaa *oof*

[@ramalama9650]

@@coldestbeer Oooohhh, you are awful but I like you. Fancy a bum? kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5O7eI2HgdiEgNk

[@jonleibow3604]

It's amazing to think back how normalized drinking and driving was. Even into the 1980s. There was a movie called Arthur where the lead character habitually drank and drove and was considered a lovable scamp.

[@unger53194]

Good song

[@diegoflores9237]

Whenever I drive by a bar on a weekend night the parking lots are full. Of course all those cars can't belong to the designated drivers. Most of them belong to people that drove to the bar with the full intention of drinking and driving back home

[@damatokid22]

Reporter: “Your Drunk” Drunk guy: “Yea well I think that’s the way it goes” 🤣

[@trevormillar1576]

"Rubbish! I'm completely and utterly shone cold stober (hic)!

[@Aeronaut1975]

From a historical point of view, this is extremely interesting.

[@JamesPawson]

And from a psychological POV too. Seeing the contrast in argumentative strategies people use to justify what they know deep down is not justifiable.

[@Alun49]

Very interesting indeed. I find the pronunciation alone are quite different from how many speak today. As for the attitudes, I seem to recall as a kid the implementation of the drink driving laws and how unpopular they were.

[@ThisIsMeArnold]

​@@JamesPawson Hahah, what are you on about? Know deep down? And how can you tell? Millions of people around the world drive drunk every day. They've done so for decades. These people gave honest answers about their driving competence. No need to fabricate fairy tales. I'll share a secret with you that'll blow your mind: around 90,000 accidents occur worldwide each day, where the driver that caused the accident was sober. Care to explain that, mister "psychologist"?

[@user-se2nn2sn6c]

@@ThisIsMeArnold Your little statistics dont mean anything. People will always make errors and be stupid. Why would you ever in any capacity defend drunk driving? Or say its okay or fine?

[@gordonm6108]

@@ThisIsMeArnold You think these people are being honest? The guy who said "I've only had 3 pints", 3 pints of what? Absinthe?

[@gl3110]

Amazing how popular opinion changes over the years. Drunk drivers are pretty much universally hated now.

[@xxxleeeharvey0swaldxxx854]

"people who hate drunk driving have never tried it"- George Orwell

[@MysticMonkeyMiracle]

@@xxxleeeharvey0swaldxxx854 and people who risk other people's lives, and/or their means of transportation, which is typically an individuals livelihood, are flat out selfish. Risking people's lives, and livelihood for such an easy thing to avoid is not at all healthy, and rather hurtful to the individual and those around that individual. George Orwell and his drunk philosophy are for the birds.

[@SpecialJay]

Drunk, yes. But none of these people are. It is a proper thing to have a few drinks and make ones way home. I do it regularly. Are there some bumps in the road that I can't quite identify? Yes of course. But that's what the Sunday morning hose down is for.

[@Spaghetti_policy]

Totally

[@commentingisawasteoftime7195]

I think most everyone has felt the impact of a drunk driver at this point too.

[@terencedennis3972]

I had total of 4 DUIs. My last one in 2015. I no longer drink at all. I got my license back in 2020. I'm so happy I never hurt anyone.

[@JakobusVdL]

I'm guessing that those 4 weren't the only times you drove drunk. If you don't mind me asking, what was going on in your life that you drove drunk prior to 2015? And, presumably somehow rationalised that that was okay? I don't mean to be judgemental, but think it might be helpful to me, and others, to understand what leads to drunk driving.

[@jugo1944]

​@@JakobusVdLDriving drunk is easy, the people who get in accidents drunk are the ones who drive like shit in general

[@JakobusVdL]

@@jugo1944 It sounds like you do drive drunk. How often would you do that, and how do you rationalise that it is okay?

[@brenyboy26]

1:48 ‘…Quite capable to drive?’ ‘Clite capable’ 😂😂 you’re done.

[@ExtantThylacine]

"Do you think you're capable of driving in your state, pissed as a fart?" "Yes, I've driven in Keeeenya!"

[@Taricus]

ROFLMFAO!

[@saxongreen78]

She was like Annie Walker from _Coronation Street!_

[@AJ-qn6gd]

The penalties out there are much more severe, if you run down a child as your driving through a village the locals would drag you out of the car and beat you to death !

[@CNYKnifeNerd]

Was completely expecting her to start talking about the good old days back in Rhodesia.

[@mards2479]

Pissed as a fart? Do people talk like that in the uk? Fuck me I gotta visit

[@gumbaa479]

These are the most well-mannered drunks I’ve ever seen

[@MichaelMcmanhory-ms9mr]

Because they're trying to make it seem like they're fit to drive. Have you never seen someone hammered all of a sidden try to act sober all of a sudden when they want somone to give them their keys back? It's a lot like this lol

[@ETAisNOW]

@@MichaelMcmanhory-ms9mrOh, I thought it was because they’re white.

[@Yashirmare]

They've over the limit not plastered.

[@gordonlekfors2708]

well mannered but so stupid.

[@JakobusVdL]

people interacted differently in the 50's

[@Booze_Cruizin]

Drunk drivers are the most oppressed people in this society.

[@Keithbarber]

Drunken drivers should be, they are a menace to other road uders

[@brownbrownbrown2938]

Is that a bad thing?

[@homelessrobot]

@@Keithbarber i hate road udders anyhow. Always getting muddy milk all over everything

[@daytonabeachUSA]

Agreed of course.

[@feltfriends]

lmao the woman @2:30 detailing her drunk driving world tour

[@DeathToFrankLung]

“Do you mind blowing into this bag?” That Guy said yes with absolutely no hesitation, I need that kind of risky courage

[@Warsie]

Well it wasn't illegal then lol

[@visionsofhere3745]

Funny to see the guy near the end wearing his seatbelt. I remember when they became compulsory in 1983, and most people seemed to have no idea how to use them.

[@tireachan6178]

Probably just put it on after a few pints to be on the safe side

[@MushookieMan]

The worlds safest drunk driver?

[@victorymansions]

Time travel confirmed ;)

[@Charlie_Crown]

@@victorymansions 🤣👍

[@brucemckenziefraser139]

My first love, Sarah, died aged just sweet sixteen in 1980 in a car with no seat belts in the back. I wasn't with her at the time. I miss her still 😔 💔

[@honestlynate7922]

I appreciate how well spoken these young men are

[@cpruns4501]

"I don't agree with the law but I shall take notice of it because I don't want to lose my license for a year or whatever the penalty is" - Great answer. It doesn't always have to be some big high drama. We are not all going to agree with every law/bylaw.

[@ciccnick]

No, we are peasants and must brainlessly obey authority at all times

[@cherri_chip7257]

@@ciccnick Its a drink driving law mate not 1984

[@K1lostream]

I remember Fred Dibnah being accused of irresponsibility for having a few pints before climbing a chimney.... His response? "You try this bloody job sober"!

[@DanDownunda8888]

I have to have a couple of cans of beer to get up a ladder to change a lightbulb. The ceiling is 4 metres high though.

[@BLINDTUBEMARES]

Bloody pedestrians! Running their 60kgs into two tonnes of a car and destroying themselves!

[@kane4013]

Yes, that argument was a bit of a head scratcher. Giving opinions whilst drunk can also be hazardous. 🥴

[@John76125]

@@kane4013 tbfair as dumb as it sounds he could be making the point that drunk pedestrians could fall into the road or not look at the car coming so whilst most of the blame is with drivers and drunk drivers obviously I guess in some occasions it could be the pedestrians fault ?

[@Ben180173]

You don't see many pedestrians swerving along the road at 50+ mph.

[@John76125]

@@Ben180173 of course drunk drivers are scum of the Earth I agree but still he might have a small point...

[@foniks1007]

Hahaha

[@DoneBrokeDatBack]

Besides that first answer? Some of the most level-headed answers you could hope to get. Good on the interviewer for not allowing interpretations of the law either. Stuck to it and held others to that regard as well.

[@gavinvalentino6002]

Without people like these, we wouldn't have had all the graphic drunkdriver car crash footage from the early '70s Driver's Ed films passed down from schoolyear to schoolyear all the way through the early '90s.

[@StarscreamsGirl]

“early 90s” lmao I had to watch the same footage in 2011

[@AmazingBlaze0]

@@StarscreamsGirlfr

[@JBeeezy]

@@StarscreamsGirl2014 for me

[@nomadicsoul34]

1960 - 13,000 deaths or serious injuries per year caused by drink drivers. 2020 just 200. Now thats a stat. Banning drink driving was such a good move. Im been a firefighter for 21 years and have seen many horrendous accidents caused by drink drivers. I detest the selfish idiots.

[@SkyLukewater]

I'm not saying you're wrong, but surely car safety these days also plays a part in that no?

[@Louiscare]

@@SkyLukewater sure, but there has also been a massive population increase and with more cars circulating in denser populated areas I think all this would ofset the increase in safety from cars as far as number of serious accidents

[@nomadicsoul34]

@@SkyLukewater It does. No doubt . Its a good observation. There is no doubt in my mind though that the most serious accidents i attend are caused by drink drivers . After 21+ years of cutting people out of vehicles dead and alive Im convinced that alcohol plays a big part in causing fatal accidents, even the next morning.

[@bobupen6476]

Selfish idiots today yes, but there was ignorance and a total lack of understanding in those days. Up until the late 80s a mate of mine was convinced he drove exactly the same after six or seven pints. I'm pleased to say that he got breathalysed, banned and it totally changed his attitude.

[@SkyLukewater]

@@bobupen6476 I have a beer maybe once every 1 or 2 months...so 6 pints would mess me up good

[@mowvu5380]

"a popular motorist's pub" 😂

[@user-td4gh6kj2z]

I love the way that woman said "Certainly Not!" to asking if she would change her habits at all! This was great to see

[@Silvertone58]

The one driver used the term “miles per hour” This must’ve been before 1965, when the metric system was officially adopted in the UK.

[@langelle1]

When I was in England in 1985, the freeway exits were all in yards ex. 440 yards would be a 1/4 mile etc. I thought it was a little odd.

[@TheXxPSYCHO]

Can we just talk about how normalised drinking and driving was? And can we also appreciate the dude that said he'll only have 3 pints from now on and the interviewer had to ask him if that was humanly possible to only drink 3 pints of beer a night....

[@johnmartinez7440]

I think this video kind of explains it. Not sure we need to "just talk about" it when all the other comments are doing just that.

[@LittleLordFancyLad]

@@johnmartinez7440 "just talk about" is a figure of speech and common sentence opener in some places.

[@nigelwilliams9307]

It was normalised when car ownership was in its infancy. There were obviously many reasons for that which would take forever to explain on here..However the biggest danger on the roads today is mobile phone use by drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Nothing can be more dangerous than not even looking where you're going..

[@LateNightCable]

What are you talking about *was* normalized? It still is normal, fuk the law. Cheers and happy motoring! 🥃

[@TheXxPSYCHO]

@@LateNightCable getting high and driving is normalized these days. I like to roll myself a splif at the traffic lights and hotbox as I drive

[@continuereading]

That 'I'm a law student' after everything the guy said from 4:16 was priceless.

[@gordon1545]

He's surely a Tory MP now.

[@arvidalexatsinch1163]

​@@gordon1545 Because?

[@italicpigeon]

@@arvidalexatsinch1163 As he is wellspoken and well informed I imagine. Gordon must be a supporter of the Conservative party.

[@earsbeats]

@@gordon1545 nah he’s prolly dead from drinking and driving lmaoo

[@sercub5820]

@@italicpigeon Nice 😂

[@spudmanii]

Crazy how this law, that I believe most people now see as extremely sensible, draws the exact same types of reactions from people as you would see if something similar were enacted today

[@thesunman]

How people responded to seatbelts first being introduced is very similar to how people responded to laws regarding masks recently

[@jakestanley190]

Meh, they're asking drunk people with the intention of driving home if they should be allowed to do so. If they were surveying people at a library or office building at 2pm I think the answers would be less biased.

[@Morgorath30]

@@jakestanley190 nah it was the times and people don't like change.

[@maskettaman1488]

@@Morgorath30 No, you're completely wrong. This is a very heavily biased scenario.

[@DUNDOM5]

@@thesunman Seatbelts work, while masks doesn't stop virus spreading

[@fcv1967]

What's the problem officer, I'm legally drunk!

[@JamieJacksonati]

Amazing bit of footage. I’m always amazed that the times dictate the beliefs and people feel they’ve come to their own conclusions, when of course, they haven’t.

[@noobfromhell563]

Damn that's deep

[@Josh-rn1em]

Well, give them a topic and only have two sides. Both with plenty of flaws. Profit?

[@JasonP6339]

That's not really entirely true though... We become more knowledgeable and more educated as individuals and even more so as a group. We begin to understand different things much better than previous generations and that gives you more information from which to draw a potentially different conclusion...... Exactly the way the news does now, they would have interviewed a bunch of different people and only picked the ones they wanted, so you didn't get to see the ones of all the people agreeing that drunk driving is bad and saying a lot of the same things you would hear from people today....... Not to mention I can still put together an entire video exactly like this of people who adamantly still believe you should be able to legally drink and drive because they think they're totally fine driving intoxicated..... Society really doesn't change that much....

[@dexterramey8787]

@DnB and Psy Production people still drink and drive. Alot...

[@ben5154]

@DnB and Psy Production we're both

[@manoflego123]

The change in mentality from this to what we've had for my entire lifetime is remarkable, and probably the best act of social engineering of its type. To go from disgruntled defense of impaired driving to absolute hatred of anyone who would consider it in a few decades is impressive.

[@AlmightyGammonsayssuckyourmum]

i don't think many people hate it. in fact, i'd say it's still quite common but usually far less over the limit. i've still seen many people stumble out the pub into their car n drive home surprisingly better than they can walk, but nowhere near as often as people going in, having a couple pints, then driving home, or having a couple of beers before driving home after work (i work in a bar so i see this very often). i of course don't endorse it but i'm not going to sit and deny that it happens

[@Kerithanos]

It's disgusting how easy we are to program, isn't it? Look at the way public opinion has been completely revolutionized on many issues in just the past ten years, never mind fifty. Just goes to show that democracy is bunk, because the masses don't have real opinions, they think as they're told.

[@informant09]

@@AlmightyGammonsayssuckyourmum Most people absolutely hate it.

[@manoflego123]

@@AlmightyGammonsayssuckyourmum I have literally never heard a single person in my life defend drunk driving, including people I know who used to do it and realized how irresponsible they were being.

[@manoflego123]

@@Kerithanos Humans being easily manipulatable is a double edged sword. I for one believe that we're better off not thinking it's OK to own human being because they have a different skin color, or kill someone because they love the same gender. Come to think of it, I'm not a fan of waging war on someone because of what god(s) they worship, either. The ability to program and deprogram people is a powerful and dangerous tool, but one that can certainly be used for the greater good.

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

My Dad always said UK roads were still full of pissed drivers throughout THE 70’s and 80’s.

[@kaidos123]

This is actually the first ever time someone said “I’m a law student” when trying to justify their own logic. A historical moment for KZbin and reddit comment sections.

[@jonnomate4085]

tbf he was asked

[@kaidos123]

@@jonnomate4085 shh

[@stephensaunders1845]

It was almost never legal to drink and drive - the first 'drunk in charge' legislation was passed in 1872. What changed in the 1960s was the advent of the breathalyser and the setting of precise limits for alcohol in the bloodstream.

[@jtothew4201]

Sounds like you have just Google's that because I was there and even the police drove drunk In the UK.

[@jjfav2231]

it was illegal but with no way of proving it other than one acting obviously drunk and impaired, pretty much anyone could drink and drive as long as you could pass yourself as sober. i am a professional in being way more fucked up than i seem.

[@michaellopez2070]

“I’m not driving. I’m travelling.

[@glyph241]

@@michaellopez2070 Sovereign AF

[@spikeybug1]

In the 80s, I was 8 years old in the car when my stepdad got pulled over with an open 12 pack of Coors. The cop just let us go. Guess it was the 80s.

[@revoltos]

How well spoken they all are. Imagine asking the general population of Britain after a few pints now days!

[@CLAudio-pn6qf]

LMFAO. You're not far wrong, Revoltos. You would have to be a brave soul to even attempt it. But if you did, a kebab take-away would be the ideal place to carry out the survey. ( Kebab was an unknown term in the UK when this film was made). Maybe today the novel test should be for levels of narcotics in the blood.

[@revoltos]

@@CLAudio-pn6qf 🤣🤣 Exactly. That's if the person interviewing in the Kebab shop didnt get nutted or stabbed first.

[@chickensprint]

You probably only say that because they're from Essex, if they were from York probably not

[@Tmuk2]

This is how people spoke in Essex before all the cockneys moved in!

[@JR-mr1tw]

Despite our laws promoting order, our civilization and society keeps regressing.

[@bluedeluge5961]

I just want to appreciate how eloquent and well spoken every single person was here, it struck me that a bunch of average drunk people in the 1960s speak english better than the average sober person today.

[@TheYetzerHara]

0:55 You can see the satisfaction and joy of the days first sip. Cheer lad. From🇺🇸to🇬🇧

[@brendanquinlan5936]

"A typical motorist's pub in Essex" 🤣🤣🤣

[@SuperRat420]

Laugh but take NJ where every 'bar' is a restaurant with a full parking lot. The fact that you can drive to and park at a bar blows my mind spending so much time in Philly now where you're expected to walk/ride your bike. There are MANY bars in my old town in NJ just notorious for people driving way because they're friends with the pigs

[@UberBoiFuta]

"Well, It appears you aren't sober anymore." "Oh." I freaking died

[@ComeJesusChrist]

The guy talking about pedestrians being drunk and causing accidents blew my mind! People back then were so much more articulate and critically thinking, although I accept that these people were from very secure background.

[@mobiuseno]

Do you think you're capable of driving a car? "Qwipe Capeilum 🥴

[@nigel4776]

Dad used to drive four of us kids and my mother to the pub in the early 70's, Sunday lunchtime, sink 5 or 6, drive us home again. Happy days.

[@hunor6]

Survivorship bias.

[@emau2459]

@@hunor6 what nonsense is that

[@ThePickledOnion]

@@emau2459 "it was never a problem in my experience so why would it be a problem for anyone else?"

[@tonytynebridge510]

Dangerous days

[@olas16k]

@@emau2459 it's not non-sense...

[@TAURELLIAN]

2:50 This guy was such a breath of fresh air. It sounds like he understands why the law is being made, and is debating the reporter on the veracity of the law. 1:”Well this law is obviously aimed at alcoholics, not ordinary people like you and me!” 2:”Well that may very well be true, but right now, what can I say? I’m… well, I’m drunk.”

[@jimmyjames8573]

Nah he said it was aimed at normal ppl not alcoholics .. like an alcoholic could be well over the limit and still drive the same

[@ope7092]

These people are all able to hold conversation, maintain eye contact, and not slur. The drunk drivers were all worried about are the blackouts that stumble into the car and pass out at the wheel.

[@0casey963]

Nonsense doesn't mean your reactions aren't slower or decisions impaired. I know people who can have a skin full and not slur or stumble.

[@NE2otw]

Such laid back energy ❤️‍🔥

[@kf5541]

The barman in a tux, different times man!

[@kenneth2656]

Yes when public houses were well run by an old school publican who wouldn't tolerate the nonsense the customers get up to today, for example going to and from the toilets and coming out with white powder around their nostrils.

[@iunnox666]

@@kenneth2656 Only took about 5 years from when this was filmed for that to start happening.

[@Peter-ur3yy]

“Quite cwapable” this guy has had way more than 3. Anyone who says they’ve had 2/3 pints is lying

[@jessshreds]

Yep! He made me laugh when he said cwapable

[@kane4013]

He had me convinced until he said that 😂

[@lightningrt434]

Reminds me of when I was 18 (and walked home btw) and my parents would ask me how many I’d had, and I’d say ‘just a couple’. Lol!

[@georgeolin3234]

In England a pint is 20 ounces.

[@2760ade]

If you ask anyone how many drinks they've had they will invariably reply "Oh two or three". It just sounds more respectable than say "seven or eight" which if they have been drinking all night is much more likely!

[@paulfuge2843]

The second to last guy is a hero 😂

[@thegentlemenrat3727]

What a time to be alive

[@mikeswatches2480]

"Look here young man, I've driven drunk many many years in Kenya and South Africa so that bloomin well means I can keep doing the same here"

[@vitesse_arnhem]

Colonialism helped boost those backward lands. The recolonisation of East Africa is the only option to help them. By seizing what little assets like Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti have, and setting up British, French, or American military megabases, it serves a threefold purpose: the pacification of the nearby merchant passages, the neutralisation of the Gulf petrostates, and helps ensure what little natural resources these lands have are used for peaceful purposes. Immigration from these lands must also be severely curtailed; nothing less than a master’s degree should be needed to escape.

[@trevcam6892]

Yes, I've driven many years in Middle Eastern countries and you certainly can't tell the difference between drunk and sober where local drivers are concerned. They might as well all be drunk even though alcohol is forbidden.

[@vitesse_arnhem]

@@trevcam6892 These are backward nations poisoned with oil money. The money never gets to the community. Under Crown protection as Trucial States, the Middle East prospered. Now, hyper-rich oil families have taken over and used Islam to advance their backward agenda, leaving cities full of Islamics with no jobs other than taxi driver, shop employee, factory worker, or garbageman.

[@dgphi]

She said she had "droven" there. She was so drunk, she couldn't even talk properly.

[@michaelv3340]

My grandfather used to drive drunk a lot in the fifties and sixties. He had many accidents and when he didn't wear a shirt, he was covered in scars from all the injuries he suffered. My dad was called to the scene of the worst accident and told me he hit the end of a bridge and the engine of the car was fifty feet down the road from the accident site. It's a miracle he didn't kill himself or someone else. He was in constant pain due to this and was addicted to painkillers. He mixed them with alcohol, and my father believed that's what killed him eventually. He died in his sleep in 1980 while my grandmother was hospitalized for depression. My dad said it was horrible to have to go tell his mother in the hospital that her husband had died. Drunk driving is one thing I can't stand at all.

[@roboticunclephil]

my old AA leader was this dude who was an alcoholic through the 60s-70s & his favorite way to drink was with a handle of jack while just cruising around. he drank like that almost daily for 2 decades, just getting absolutely hammered putzing around town. he estimated he got caught 10-20 different times by cops who usually let him drive home with a warning or just drove him home. by the time the 80s rolled around the penalties for drunk driving & the cops attitude towards it changed to be much more harsh & he realized he had to stop. this was a small town in indiana

[@turdferguson2982]

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming and crying like everyone else in the car.

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

Wow just wow at really hit home frome some wee corner of the earth quality story's cars parked up in bonnie Scotland ❤

[@dixonyurras7274]

That's hilarious 😂 tell more good ones I can't stop laughing😂

[@turdferguson2982]

@@dixonyurras7274, once there was this drunk guy walking around and a cop stops him and says, "you lost buddy?". The drunk says, "man, I lost my car". So the cop asks, "where was it?" Drunk guy shows him his car keys and tells him, "it was on the end of this key". Cop rolls his eyes and says that he should go down to the station and fill out the proper forms and all that and the drunk says, "alright, officer". Before he can go the cop says, "you might want to zip up your fly first". Drunk looks down and says, "oh man, they got my girl too"......

[@ZootyZoFo]

Back in the 70’s drunk driving was a sport more than an offense.

[@MrJedroi258]

Good Old days when every driver was calm and relaxed thank to alcohol

[@baileyayyy5085]

0:36 guy is spitting straight facts I hate those selfish pedestrians walking around all drunk. Don't they realize they're taking away the rights of law abiding drunk drivers?

[@eh1702]

’m old enough to remember this mentality, it hung on until at least the mid 80s. My brother in law got so drunk at my other half’s birthday that he lay on the carpet and had a giggling fit. (A nice guy drunk or sober.) He was still going to drive his divorced-boy-racer car home, though. Luckily he couldn’t find the keys. Next day, he was baffled and kinda insulted that we’d hid them. This was still a typical way of thinking. He didn’t bring his car to any do at ours after that - only because he thought we’d do it again.

[@yellowdoritos]

It's still a thing, both among my dad and his friends, and among some of my own friends.

[@TheDieselbutterfly]

I like the cut of your jib

[@rogueninja1685]

What are you talking about? We just had a pandemic where half the people wouldn't wear a mask to slow the spread of a disease that was killing people with no vaccine. Believe me, this attitude never went anywhere

[@User_yhvz]

I bet that beer tastes better 😢

[@tomevans6582]

Great to see this old footage of the Green Dragon in Shenfield. Sunk plenty of pints there during the late 80s.

[@BanjoLuke1]

This attitude is by no means uncommon in some rural rural areas in 2022. Out here in North Herefordshire (one of the last remaining Rotten Boroughs) there is a fairly steady stream of cars being "driven with great care" just after closing time. There is also an almost complete absence of Police vehicles on the road.

[@gavinreid2741]

Yes. I notice this attitude in rural areas.

[@Pablo668]

Happens a bit in Rural Australia too.

[@JBTheMighty]

Worked in a spoons around the London area many many people would leave the place steaming and jump straight in their car this included the staff. I was very surprised to see it happen around here with Police everywhere but they still did it and doubt they ever got caught.

[@whahappend8222]

The funniest part about people like that is they genuinely believe *they're* the one person who can handle driving while intoxicated. It's everyone else that's the problem, they just can't handle their liquor.

[@beecee2205]

its the same in Warwickshire I can assure you

[@MarkBrennan]

This reminds me of a letter in the Letterbocks section of Viz once "All this poppycock about drinking and driving. I've been drinking and driving for 50 years and have only had one accident in all that time.(in which my wife was paralysed from the neck down)

[@bobupen6476]

That shouldn't be hilarious, but it is. I'll be using that one from now on, thanks !

[@Dreamskater100]

I remember Viz!

[@kane4013]

Sometimes ‘denial’ just isn’t a strong enough word 🤦‍♂

[@craighicksartwork]

😄😄😄

[@gopet400]

Drunk drivers are the most oppressed people in the world, alcohol only affects your brain, not your arms and legs which you need to drive

[@Sup3rman1c]

Blaming drunk drivers for accidents is like blaming black people for robberies and muggings. You can't generalize an entire population by a couple rotten apples! So oppressive and ignorant...

[@stankmcqueef]

Channel 5 always finds the best topics

[@nicholas958]

'Quite clapable, yes'

[@lemmybon3100]

Noted. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Heisenberg-yt4ms]

@@lemmybon3100 up yours 😂😂😂😂

[@Hollowsmith]

The average 1960's British drunk was about 10 times as articulate and elegant in speech as 2022 sober Americans.

[@sirairili1570]

What a french statement.

[@alxwlsh]

Do you mean the American population in the year 2022, or 2022 sober Americans? The latter is funnier so I'll go with that

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Or sober Britons in 2022

[@icuinthelight]

Don't think articulate speech when drunk was the issue...

[@jimileewatt3062]

Don't give Britain too much credit. We're incoherent now as well.

[@SmokeyBCN]

do you think you're still perfectly capable of driving? quite krapaple! yessh!

[@Dev1nci]

1:49 Interviewer: But do you think you’re still, you know, perfectly capable of driving? Driver: Quite cape-lil yes

[@geofsharp658]

I remember those days very well, so many people were convinced that their judgment wasn’t impaired on 5 pints. The law saved the NHS a fortune. 👍

[@eadweard.]

These were the days when people were still going to churches and didn't fully appreciate our NHS.

[@outlawquelshingdixienothin8893]

Don't care boomer

[@GG-ch1hm]

Now there’s just to many people here for a free ride of the nhs

[@thefreedomguyuk]

2022 : NHS 🤣🤣 🅱️

[@outlawquelshingdixienothin8893]

@@GG-ch1hm some estimate 130 million. I think it's at least 80

[@jokermaan1]

I passed my test in 1966 and never thought twice about drinking and driving and nor did my mates. It finally caught up with me in 1971 when I was heavily fined and banned for a year. Made me think twice, plus the thought of killing someone and having to live with the fact should be a big deterrent for anyone. Drivers who think they can drive as well after a few drinks should try riding a motorbike. There's a big difference having four wheels under you for confidence!

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

I heard a police office once say, they didn't breathalise motorcyclists, because if the were drunk they wouldn't be able to ride.

[@Farlig69]

@@tooyoungtobeold8756 what a load of poppycock, been riding bikes for well over 40 years and very ashamed to admit plenty of times over the limit in my stupid years. Yes never drunk-drunk but one can still ride a bike just fine after 4 or 5 pints...

[@VengeanceCore]

@@Farlig69 (my be typos im drunk) i semi agree in the wat that ever one is different, I race downhill mounting bikes and can easily stay on the bike while its not moving atall for however long as you like, but 1 day i drink about 4 pints, I didnt feel drunk and felt totally fine till i got on my bike and literally could not ride it atall, I was all over the place and had to jump to my feet every 5M or so, after doing this for about 10 mins i stuck my foot in the back wheel sole how and my trainer went flying over my head about 15M high XD, ye it was ridicules but also very funny. And i am the same way every time i have tried since, On the other hand i know plenty people that do pub crawls with bikes down the canal usually and come home compliantly bladdered but can ride a bike dine.

[@jakemeehan]

@@VengeanceCore it's totally fine until you decide to start having fun

[@SimonKelk]

I won't drink and drive, I might have a small glass of wine and drive but that is my limit. Whilst that being said, I think I could drink 2 or 3 bottles of wine and still be safer than some of the maniacs on the road who are sober. I honestly am shocked at the way some people drive.

[@Wakish0069]

"quite claypable' - The Capable Man

[@raffyleal]

The secret is a line of coke before getting behind the wheel.