"smoking" and driving

[Drago]

The DIRFIT test is actually very good at detecting not only the nature of the impairment (type of drug) but also the degree of impairment. I was one of a handful of officers trialling it in 2002/3 and initial results were very positive, but the Government inexplicably pulled the plug halfway through.

I'm willing to admit that the main reason I volunteered was for the free holiday to Boston (the one in America) to be trained up as a trainer by the State Police.

 

[MontyVeda]

Mmm, not sure I follow that logic. Surely it should be "worse" based on the risks to others rather than the difficulty of the police busting someone. I'd imagine that someone who's had a spliff is less danger to others than a drunken driver, as there's less likely to be agression or showing off type or over-confidence. Not to recommended it, and as a non-toker I have no axe to grind after all, but on balance, I'm guessing, and it is a guess, that the risk would be less for an "equivalent" level of intoxication.

The stoner's equivalent of 'drunk' is 'smashed'... depending on the contents of 'a' spliff, it could equate to a small can of weak lager, or a big can of strong stuff. a single spliff doesn't usually get me 'smashed', but sometimes it does... just like drink sometimes goes straight to ones head.

 

[slowmotion]

Would you all be so forgiving if he was, oh I dunno, drinking from a half bottle of whisky?

I was attempting to do the driving, not him.

 

[glenn forger]

No, mostly because just checked my camera footage and unfortunately I can't make out his hackney plate number, and the reg number isn't entirely clear. I still think he's a fool though, and if I had been the passenger I would have refused to pay him.

Never mind. I shall have to think of something else public-spirited that I can do today instead...

Did it have a black cab plate or private hire? Amazing someone could be so stupid, Id smell it a lot in east London but usually from beat up builders' vans.

 

[Drago]

And this business with stoners being less violent is tosh, especially with the really bad ones who've gone all schizo.

 

[User6179]

One of my only two off duty arrests was for just this

And they let you stay in the police force

 

[J.Primus]

And this business with stoners being less violent is tosh, especially with the really bad ones who've gone all schizo.

I see you've seen Reefer Madness as well!

 

[Drago]

I've never even heard of it!

Edit. Just googled it, want to see it now!

 

[Mile195]

Did it have a black cab plate or private hire? Amazing someone could be so stupid, Id smell it a lot in east London but usually from beat up builders' vans.

No. Not a minicab - I'd expect it then. A black cab - proper black cab "I done the knowledge so that's how come I can charge so much" black cab.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Strangest is cyclists smoking and riding....
Disgusting

 

[glenn forger]

No. Not a minicab - I'd expect it then. A black cab - proper black cab "I done the knowledge so that's how come I can charge so much" black cab.

Very strange. It's an unmistakeable smell, if the grass is fresh it really stinks. It's not a discrete drug.

 

[Mugshot]

Strangest is cyclists smoking and riding....
Disgusting

Waste of a fag too, they burn down really quickly!

 

[J.Primus]

I've never even heard of it!

Edit. Just googled it, want to see it now!

Worth a watch. Difficult to be believe it was actually meant to be taken seriously at the time.

 

[Slioch]

Strangest is cyclists smoking and riding....
Disgusting

It's a bugger when you're riding in a group as your ash goes into the eyes of the person behind you. Also need to be really careful where you chuck your end because lycra melts so easily.

 

[slowmotion]

I commute about five and a half miles each way across west London. It's a pretty rare occurrence to not get a blast of "backdraft" on any trip. Smashed up builders' Transits seem to be the Magic Carpet of choice, at alarmingly early hours of the morning, not just Friday evenings.