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 Shaggy420
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 UK: 1.2M BRITS A YEAR ADMIT DRIVING WHILE STONED 
#563886 - 06/12/11 05:16 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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By Aaron Tinney
Daily Star
Friday 10 Jun 2011
MORE than a million Brits drug-drive because they are certain police will not catch them.
Two-thirds of drugged-up motorists get behind the wheel under the effects of cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis.
The other third are smashed on substances including magic mushrooms and speed.
Britain's drug-driving plague was highlighted last year when singer George Michael, 47, was jailed. He was sent to prison for eight weeks for being stoned on cannabis and prescription pills when he ploughed his Range Rover into a north London shop.
But a study by Direct Line showed most druggie motorists, like Michael, do not think illegal substances affect their driving. And many claim it is easy to outwit police.
Direct Line insurance director Andy Goldby said: "Drug-driving is as irresponsible as drink-driving. Drugs severely impair the ability of drivers. Thousands are now admitting they have been involved in an accident while high."
Julie Cooper, 41, whose daughter Louise, 23, was killed in Essex by pot-smoking trucker Lee Baker in 2008, said: "Anyone who thinks drugs are harmless should look at their kids and imagine them bleeding to death the way Louise did."
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/195240/1-2m-Brits-a-year-admit-driving-while-stoned/
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kln
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 Re: UK: 1.2M BRITS A YEAR ADMIT DRIVING WHILE STONED [Re: Shaggy420]
#565036 - 06/17/11 07:50 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Shaggy420 said:
Julie Cooper, 41, whose daughter Louise, 23, was killed in Essex by pot-smoking trucker Lee Baker in 2008, said: "Anyone who thinks drugs are harmless should look at their kids and imagine them bleeding to death the way Louise did."
I bet it would be much worse if he was drunk than stoned!!
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DungenessDank
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Re: UK: 1.2M BRITS A YEAR ADMIT DRIVING WHILE STONED [Re: kln]
#565037 - 06/17/11 07:52 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah I'm sure it has everything to do with smoking pot, not that truckers have to stay awake for days on end while driving literal TONS of steel 70 mph down the road.
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