New Drink Driving Laws, Ireland 1969

[@byronwooten1303]

the weirdest part is the news being informative

[@PMMagro]

Do not worry we have drifted away from that!

[@Baltihunter]

I agree. Really clear information. He almost sounded on drinkers side

[@frederiklauber-richter1110]

whaaat dont you wanna know what these 2 cute dogs were up to? you'll be amazed

[@tireachan6178]

True. I'm confused by the like of diversity

[@adamgillespie3393]

RTÉ has always been fairly good in fairness to them

[@jaytea4093]

"Now you could play it smart, and have a quick drink from say, a hip flask before you take the blood test." Only an Irish person would even consider this remotely sound reasoning

[@richiehoyt8487]

No, technically (scientifically),and legally, it makes a great deal of sense even if it *does* sound like a bad Irish joke. (Check out the answer to Ray Rowley's comment below). Basically, it's a means of muddying the water. Of course it looks _REALLY_ bad, and a jury would probably be allowed draw whatever conclusions they liked from your actions.

[@andypandy9013]

No, it was the same in the UK until that loophole was closed. That is why the question "Have you consumed any alcohol in the last 20 minutes?" is asked. If the answer in "Yes" then 20 minutes is waited before the test and the suspect is not allowed to consume anything, let alone alcohol, before the test then takes place.

[@malicant123]

Anecdotal story handed down in my family. My grandfather and his mates went to a hurling game in Wexford some time in the 1960s. They were from Dublin, so four or five of them piled into the car and off they went. By the end of the game, they were all nicely drunk. They left the grounds and staggered back to where they had parked nearby. My grandad was driving, and he promptly reversed the car into a nearby pillar in his attempt to get out of the carpark. He and his mates fell out of the car drunk only to discover a guard standing beside the said pillar. The good Sargent looked them up and down and said the following words: “Jaysus, lads. Take it handy on the drive home!”

[@bellabell737]

"Fat man!" You'd never get away with that now😂

[@davidcostello6527]

Damn call a spade a spade Are you saying if a man stabbed you you'd tell the cops it was a woman or a pigeon

[@user-mq3ey4he1e]

You can’t say fuck all anymore load a bollox

[@edmundpower1250]

@@davidcostello6527 that's different of course you'd say man but if he was fat you would say a rather large man

[@michaelwalsh9145]

@@edmundpower1250 overweight man, he’s still a fat man though saying overweight just sugar costs his condition.

[@retrobilly1986]

A lot of people today are getting away with being fat.

[@jfurl5900]

I remember when that came in , there was uproar . Less than three pints ? Sure we had that at dinnertime .

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Three pints

[@capnskiddies]

You'd have three pints while deciding where to drink

[@liammeech3702]

Was bus not viable?

[@howlingmoon.4033]

I remember coming out of a pub in dunboyne one sunday morning with my father i was to young to drink. H e probably had seven or eight pints by that stage we were stoped at a gardai checkpoint the gardai looked in at my father called him by his name and asked for a lift back to blanchardstown. Threw the gardai sign in to the ditch and in he got explaining the sergant forgot to come back to collect him and he was fucked if he was waiting any longer he wanted a few pints himself.

[@HomebrewStew]

This newscaster is delivering the news the old fashioned way, no teleprompter.

[@johnm2558]

The days when if you could *find* your car after a night's drinking you were deemed fit do drive.

[@davidorourke4311]

Considering the increasing cost of Alcohol/maybe it's an ideal time to learn about making alcohol in the kitchen

[@johnoconner1790]

Go to Lidl they sell 12 pack of 5% 500ml cans for 5.69 euro ,must be mispriced.

[@valobrien9596]

Back then, when asked if they were alright to drive home after a load of drinks, people often replied, "Sure the car knows it's own way home"! Give it another decade and that may actually be the case!!

[@patrickball2493]

But most people drove slow old bangers back then .

[@valobrien9596]

@@patrickball2493 That's true. Also, the roads (especially the back roads) were in poor condition, plenty of potholes to keep you alert.

[@borntoclimb7116]

There was endurance series like Red Asphalt or Signal 30 bag in this time. They Sound show this today to drunken drivers

[@valobrien9596]

@@borntoclimb7116 That's right, I remember some of those videos very clearly, from the '90's and into the 2,000' s. Some of them were horrendous, children being killed by drunk drivers etc, and weren't allowed on TV before 9pm. Really graphic stuff, in slow motion. But they did work, and you're right, they should be shown again.

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@valobrien9596 in germany we have those scary enducation films since the 60s, they Show up Real deaths and gore footage but not from gawkers, its from the firedepartment and the ambulance Service

[@hugostiglitz6914]

I remember way back when I was a 19 year old student I was coming back across the Shannon bridge in Athlone. There was a load of police and soldiers on the bridge checking cars. I had been drinking earlier and honestly should not have been driving. That night it seems like the check point was there for other reasons because the police gave me a speech on drinking and driving and let me go. That was the mid 80's and I have never driven after drinking anything since!

[@liammeech3702]

Yeah, I think the presence of Soldiers is another story altogether

[@liamosullivan5202]

Ireland was a happier country than it is now,the do gooders ruined everything 😒

[@electrolytics]

Same everywhere Brother.

[@jameskeane9721]

Yeah we should go back to letting drunk drivers murder innocent people good man yourself

[@Smudgeroon74]

Blame Cultural Marxism for all of Irelands woes this past 25 years in particular.

[@jvcpaints]

10,000 years ago or so, there was some glorious bastard in Ireland who drank rotting 100 proof mushroom juice and lived. We've all descended from this great man. All sons of Erin can drink like champs and are not only witty and extremely charming when doing so, but are amazing at darts, billiards and talking shite. As for driving, who can afford a car these days anyway?

[@Imightberiding]

Sure & the men are all much more handsome too & the women are far more beautiful. As for driving, if you can afford a car, it just goes to reason if you're amazing at darts & billiards when drunk you would be a champion driver.

[@biryaniofbodyhair]

He forgot to mention the new laws don’t apply if you play county

[@michaelwalsh9145]

I remember a Garda function in a local hotel where two gardai crashed on their way home needless to say it was immediately hushed up as if it never happened, that was around the mid 90’s.

[@gbhgvhgbh]

"a fat man could probably drink more" 😄

[@concars1234]

Ain't that the truth lol

[@richiehoyt8487]

"What do you mean, you get a smell of drink, Guard?× Sure, everyone knows you can't smell vodka off a person's breath!" I'm not even joking, a woman _really did_ say it to a Guard... I know - _it happened on my road.!!_ ×"Guard/Garda" - Cop

[@MrMoekanz]

It is actually an argument used in court, when a guard says they smelled alcohol. Alcohol is odourless and flavourless. What they smelled is the adjuncts.

[@nickyjohnstown7177]

🚔Well sir 👮‍♂️ have you been drinking 🤪 to tell you the truth garda I had 6🍻🍺🍻🍺 I'm going to have to ask you to take a breathalyser. 🤔why do you not believe me.

[@richiehoyt8487]

@@MrMoekanz Aah - the old 'Rum'n'Raisin ice - cream defence', presumably?

[@richiehoyt8487]

@@nickyjohnstown7177 That's the trouble with the fuzz - always thinking the worst even when the truth is staring them in the face!

[@leftyspade]

This is the most informative KZbin I've ever seen! Don't put any wood on the fire mom, I'm coming home with a load!

[@owenmartin3307]

Draught bass... That was one of the best drinks, sadly gone now

[@patrickball2493]

Carling black label , light hearted lager , so full of flavour , Carling ! remember the TV ad . Back then in the 70s and early 80s most pubs taps in Ireland consist of Guinness , Harp , Smithwiths , Bass , Carling and depending where you are south , murphys , beamish . Heineken and others on tap was hard to find .

[@richiehoyt8487]

@@patrickball2493 "Aah... That's Bass!" Dubliners... In Cork! (Passing the Bass/Beamish brewery) Sure, I thought 'The Pint of Plain' was supposed to be 'Yer only Man?! 'aCourse, you're gonna need a snack with that Bass, or Carling, so (forgive me if I can't remember the whole thing!) "♪♪♪#Durr de Durr - de Durr de Durr, de Durr, de Durr/ The Best Durn Taste Since Time Begin~negur/ Tayto SALT & VINEGAR/ Dah DURR, Dah Durr Dah Durr, Durr, Durr...#♪♪"

[@owenmartin3307]

@@patrickball2493 honestly don't like Heineken or carlsberg

[@nickyjohnstown7177]

🗣 ah that's bass🍺

[@jakmak1199]

@@richiehoyt8487 or A Murphy's, When Your Working Day Is Over 😉

[@Marlondurran]

I remember being stopped at a checkpoint and asked was I drinking? I said yes I had 16 pints of Guinness and four double whiskeys... that Garda said .."you will have to blow into a bag" I said " why do you not believe me?"

[@trollerswifthasenteredthec1970]

If that never happened, that's not even funny. If that actually happen, you're a dumbass for not only doing it but being proud of it.

[@Marlondurran]

@@trollerswifthasenteredthec1970 seems like the only dumbass is you for replying....

[@trollerswifthasenteredthec1970]

@@Marlondurran "dunbass", good one bitch

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Are you a pintman

[@Marlondurran]

@@oscarosullivan4513 Sure am my friend...but I have a problem with Guinness.. I can't get enough of it..🤣

[@JagerLange]

Who knew The Chieftain was a newsreader in a previous life?

[@sean864]

So crazy back then everyone was literally pissed drink driving home from the pub.

[@Lar308]

These laws may have come in in the 1968 Road Traffic act but the enforcement of it was not taken that seriously for decades after. Even when I joined the gardai in 1983 drink driving was tolerated to an astonishing degree. It was only if you had an accident while drunk that you got into trouble. Many gardai frowned on drunk drivers being arrested and others would turn a blind eye to it because they did not know (or want to know) the procedures or have to prepare the complicated paperwork involved to bring the case to court.

[@tonemc6047]

Down with this sort of thing

[@envueltoenplastico]

03:35 "arrah I wouldn't be fond of drinkin' but when I go at it I do go at it awful, very hard"

[@neildaly2635]

Never drink and drive - you might spill it.

[@Philo68]

No matter how much ale I down the night before, I always wake up with a raging thirst!

[@kieranfo3739]

That's why I don't drink ale, I always find the more you have the thirstier it makes you

[@mike_oflynn]

Amazing how attitudes have changed. The whole emphasis of this piece was about how drivers deal with the legislation, and how they might get around it. Fast forward 50 years and Ireland is among a number of European countries that show absolutely no tolerance for drink driving. Not just the law, but people in general agree that you just shouldn’t do it.

[@KittyKatMan93]

3:36 you're damn right

[@IrishAroundTheWorld]

Great one!

[@tonyspoetry]

Great channel

[@jenniferjuniper97]

Please rely on a sober designated driver.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Or other means of transport

[@trollerswifthasenteredthec1970]

There's a video on KZbin of what happens when a car from 1959 crashes into a car from 2009. It really shows how much car safety has improved to protect those inside during a crash since then. Yet people weren't as aware of the dangers of drink driving back then.

[@goinblinddoggone]

There were far fewer cars on the roads, people were just as likely to crash into a hedge on a sharp bend as anything else.

[@DanielAnderssson]

I think many people were screaming at the TV when watching this 😅

[@charliekavanagh1217]

Some drinking laws now pubs closed at 8pm .Holohan treating us like children .And spinless Martin dancing to his tune

[@andypandy9013]

From Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads: Policeman: "Blood or urine?" Terry: "Oh, nothing to drink for me thanks". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pojunskii]

There was a breathalyzer in 1969? that's interesting honestly

[@theeaskey]

One auld lad says to his buddy. My frigging wife is driving me to drink ..your lucky says his buddy ...I have to walk

[@Cypher791]

Is this what news used to be like?? 😧📰….

[@pix775]

the day the country started going to shit

[@jakecavendish3470]

That lad seems fairly upset about the whole thing

[@grahamwishart4832]

35 micrograms = 80mg... The legal level in England. Basically, 2 pints of normal beer. As he mentions in clip 125mg is approximately 2.75 pints

[@monkeybudge]

But what about a fat man?

[@cycledublin]

It's 50mg in Ireland now.

[@grahamwishart4832]

@@cycledublin yep... Think England (and Malta) only countries with higher limit

[@grahamwishart4832]

@@monkeybudge I had 4 slow pints one afternoon ( about 3 hours in pub)..got stopped and was 35 micrograms...told to leave car and walk home (2 miles)...I was 15 stone and fit back then...

[@morgankelly7239]

@@cycledublin it’s 0 mate

[@michaelshanley1463]

I wonder did Danny Healy Rae object back then ?

[@oscarosullivan4513]

By u turning

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

The reason I gave up the good life, the high life of drinking hard liquor, beers of all types and smoking also standing at the bar and passing my judgment on others, Yes the fear was the needle, the sight of a needle to take my blood was enough to make me change my ways and go straight. |I am not a mean person but I only have enough blood to keep my body working, I do not want anyone sticking needles into my body just so they can steel my blood, sell it and make big money

[@Seamus_Dolan]

Fear.

[@vgarciajuan]

Minute 3:33 that litttle finger!

[@jamesdarcy3902]

.125 BAC sounds like still pretty hammered to me........

[@seandelap6268]

Who is that presenter.

[@rorymfarrell]

Eddie Barrett - he's passed sadly

[@rorymfarrell]

My father is a friend to his brother

[@Martin-tn5lm]

Sad that he has passed. Could we at least Try to become human again? ​@rorymfarrell

[@petewood2350]

But, But the cars been drinking, Not I Orificer.

[@moriley7615]

If only the bar wasn't so damn far

[@phillipwallace7211]

Being a fat man myself, I'd be well sorted.

[@markl4143]

🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄"a fat man" a" hip flask"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️🇮🇪🌊🤙

[@borntoclimb7116]

Why they have not show Red Asplalt or Signal 30 for the drunken drivers, real gore footage and deaths. If peoples think drunk driving is goid then they can accept the bad site of the life

[@dhalsim-1]

If it shuts down my motor skills then how did I drive home?

[@rixille]

You left early

[@moriley7615]

Yeeeeee

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

125mg? To think it's only 50 now. May soon go even lower and eventually to zero.

[@DanielAnderssson]

As it should… You should never drink and drive simple as that

[@dechannigan2980]

I've got syringe needle phobia

[@blackblackblack7773]

drunk driving should be legal

[@blackblackblack7773]

I hate tyrants that want to make victimless crimes to be crimes

[@thisisbeyondajoke6748]

I'm Australian

[@martybourke2428]

Oh well then you'll have to get your sheep to stay sober to lead you home

[@thisisbeyondajoke6748]

@@martybourke2428Unfortunately we have a saying in Australia you can lead a sheep to the pub, but he won't take you home.! They are highly intelligent creatures ready to take revenge.

[@martybourke2428]

Tats why you take a ewe.shell be right mate. Anyway Australia was a great country to me.

[@thisisbeyondajoke6748]

@@martybourke2428 was to me as well unfortunately it's gone to shit with this rubbish

[@andyarmstrong1493]

OMG think it's 35 now! Don't drink and drive ever.

[@COIcultist]

Andy that is microgrammes in breath. However that figure relates to the English limit of 80mg in 100ml of blood, I've no idea what the Irish limit is.

[@raftonpounder6696]

@@COIcultist the Northern Ireland limit is the same as England.

[@alsw7792]

@@COIcultist 50mg

[@COIcultist]

@@alsw7792 or 20 mg for new or professional drivers.

[@JDLeonard74]

Pssst. CR.... Since it's been a year and no one is commenting on this video for this to be embarrassing. Um.. You had a typo when you spelled "drunk". I'm looking for a good specific video to show a friend at this moment. Have a great morning Sir.

[@DuderinoDeux]

If you have to drive no more than 5.

[@davidcostello6527]

Remember when 7 pints was the limit lol

[@Smudgeroon74]

40 years ago maybe?

[@damianchristie288]

There was nothing wrong with the bac limit of the sixties all that was wrong was it wasn't inforced now we have a situation where a person was hit by a driver due to 5 pints you can't even have one pint its over the top especially when you concider the vast majority of accidents are non alcohol related

[@scoobysnacks209]

he keeps saying blood test whe its a breath test

[@JDLeonard74]

"Drink driving" 🤔😄 Singular not plural? I guess pints or shots matter. 😊 There's still moonshine here.

[@rayrowley4013]

Play it safe and have a drink from a hip flask before testing??? How would that get you out of anything. Wouldn't that just definitely show you as drunk?

[@richiehoyt8487]

Say you were coming from the pub and you drove the car up someone's a7se. You would take a swig from the hip flask to calm your nerves of the fright and shock. When the Filt... I mean Guards, show up, obviously you were coming from visiting your saintly, but gravely ill mother. He believes you may have 'drink on you'. ''Yes, Guard'', you say, "would you like a sup, sure 'tis skinnin' with the cold?'' He clarifies that he believes you have drink 'taken', and you agree that indeed you most certainly do, since ''you got 'such a land', the whole thing put the heart crossways on you, especially with that other big baldy bast%rd shouting and swearing and waving his fist at you. What do you mean, now I've gone and l8allsed - up the test..?" In all seriousness, a motorman (driver) in the New York Subway used essentially this ploy some years ago after causing an accident which resulted in a number of deaths. He absconded and went to a nearby bar and got loaded, that way no one could say whether he was drunk at the time of accident. I seem to remember that after the boozer, he went for a wander to make sure the alcohol had time to get well bedded - in (ie, to his bloodstream and urine). Naturally during all this (he maintained) he was under the effects of emotional shock and was barely aware, let alone responsible for, any of his actions after the accident. As far as I remember, the court easily saw through the subterfuge and threw the book at him. ps Just realised, it may be that I'm having an r/whoosh moment here. From your comment I assumed that it wasn't immediately obvious to you how such a dodge would (theoretically) work. When I read it a second time it became apparent that, on the contrary, the dodge would be so insultingly obvious that the _real_ question was, given how one couldn't look guiltier if they were Withnail (companion of 'I' in the eponymous film) trying it on with the gadget he'd gotten from Headhunter, essentially a tube and a bottleful of child's urine - what, therefore, would even be the point?

[@Hobbyblasphemist]

Although in reality, breathalysers now are faulty if you’ve drunk within the last 20 minutes, so possibly still a strategy

[@drumnoisemccringlelovins4621]

Drinking shuts down your motor skills haha always walk or ride a tractor haha

[@damiendaly983]

Only allowed 14 pints lol

[@TheGombeen]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@usmclongrangebrainsurgeon]

.08 is the legal limit right now roughly 2-3 beers depending on many factors, this video reference .12 which is maybe 3-4 beers

[@dannygjk]

I did an experiment and I was on my 6th before I blew over 0.08.