Dude, where's my car?
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The Independent reports Britain is facing a "drug-driving epidemic" as new figures reveal offences have surpassed drink-driving for the first time, a leading charity has warned. Data obtained by IAM RoadSmart shows 30,707 endorsements for drug-driving were added to licences in 2025, a 28 per cent increase from 23,981 three years earlier.
In contrast, drink-driving endorsements stood at 29,981 last year, a 17 per cent decrease from 35,976 in 2022.
In contrast, drink-driving endorsements stood at 29,981 last year, a 17 per cent decrease from 35,976 in 2022.
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A drug-driver who reached a speed of 167mph while being pursued by police on the A55 near Bangor, North Wales on February 23 was sentenced on Friday. Daniel Tunstead, 35, of Mond Road, Widnes was handed an eight-month prison term suspended for 12 months, and a three-year driving ban...
...for speeding, obviously.
...for speeding, obviously.
The amount of weed I smell at traffic lights and in slow moving traffic is beyond a joke now.
I’ve nothing against weed as such, but I know for a fact anyone who’s smoked half+ a joint should only be a passenger in any vehicle.
I’ve nothing against weed as such, but I know for a fact anyone who’s smoked half+ a joint should only be a passenger in any vehicle.
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You are overlooking the fact that 'weed', in any situation, is illegal in Britain, and therefore nobody should be inside or outside of a car, as a driver or as a passenger, having smoked a joint, anywhere in the country.
I do love the Cheech and Chong films though! Which one is most like Odds - Cheech or Chong?
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You are correct. The cause of this is the destruction of the old moral order by your beloved communism.
To be fair it is indulged in by people from every walk of life. It’s why Re store don’t want the death penalty for it
Yeah it’s “illegal” but the police look the other way with casual users. I don’t see the issue with people who have the odd smoke at home
If you get in a car, the sentence should equal that of alcohol.
The over 50s is the group with the highest rate of drug abuse in the UK I believe. Young people smoke marijuana but old people kill themselves with opiates.
Drug use in 16-24 bracket have plummeted since 1998.
Drug use has risen in the over 40s in the same period as a tranche of people who abuse substances gradually grow older.
Drug use has risen in the over 40s in the same period as a tranche of people who abuse substances gradually grow older.
Drug misuse in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics
An overview of the extent and trends of illicit drug use. Data are from the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
www.ons.gov.uk
I concur with the (anecdotal) findings of @Dec27 . Not as noticable in cars as you usually have windows up and air con on. But on a bike it ruddy stinks. Personally I hate the stuff but having the odd toke at home is ok, as weed is proven not to be physically damaging really. But, I've often seen my mates neighbour smoke at least 2 joints at home and then roar off in his beemer. Trouble is, it's hard to test for drug driving without taking a blood sample. And when they do take samples, it's usually after the stoned driver has been cut out of a car
