"You could potentially kill someone, you know?"
"I did. I killed my best friend."
In this roundup of 2024's drink drivers, we meet the man who doesn't know he's been in a crash, the woman with her friend's children in the car, and the man who killed his best friend while drink driving, but still didn't learn his lesson.
Some of these clips may be amusing, but there's a very serious message behind them. Drink driving kills.
Don’t ruin your Christmas, or anyone else’s - if you’re drinking, leave the car at home.
"I did. I killed my best friend."
In this roundup of 2024's drink drivers, we meet the man who doesn't know he's been in a crash, the woman with her friend's children in the car, and the man who killed his best friend while drink driving, but still didn't learn his lesson.
Some of these clips may be amusing, but there's a very serious message behind them. Drink driving kills.
Don’t ruin your Christmas, or anyone else’s - if you’re drinking, leave the car at home.
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00:00Hiya, you alright? How you doing? Yeah, you? Yeah, I'm canny. Have you had anything to
00:07drink tonight? A few. How many's a few? Like three. Right, OK. Do you know you've been
00:14in an accident? No. No, OK. Where have you crashed? I've gone straight over the walls.
00:21Sorry? I'm not sure which road it was. I haven't crashed it, I've just gone off, I couldn't
00:26see, so I've just slipped into the... He has gone straight over the top and taken
00:30out two of the Chevron signs and then collided with a lamppost. You must have been going
00:35some speed like to do that to your car. Yeah, I had a little bit of damage before. The wheels
00:43are about a foot dug into mud and I've come across the driver trying to dig the wheels
00:48out with his hands. Hello mate. Yeah? This your van? Yeah. What you doing like? Have
00:55you been drinking? Not today, no. You absolutely stink of alcohol, mate. You're swaying all
01:01over. Come sit in the back of our car, please. Just going to do a breath test, alright? Just
01:05given that you've clearly had an accident and driven a bit further on. If you've had
01:08more than you've said, the machine's going to tell us. Yeah, I've had like a glass of
01:11wine. A glass of wine, OK. Have you had a lot tonight or not? No. No? Like three glasses
01:17of wine. Right. So is it possible it'll be over at one point? Possible, mate, it depends
01:21from person to person. Three, four, five or six points. Do you think that's why you
01:27might have crashed your car? Er, a big deep breath in and blow and keep on blowing continuously
01:34until it stops. No, because that's the last thing I want to do. Keep going, keep going,
01:40keep going, keep going, keep going. There you go. Thank you. Yes, I know I've been drinking,
01:44but if I don't pass this, there's something wrong with me. Right, you've blown 114. Legal
01:51limit's 35. 96. Out of what? It's not out of anything. OK, so that's 83. Alright, so
01:58that's a fail. Yeah, so it's 68, the legal limit's 35, so this moment in time I'm going
02:02to arrest you. I'm not drunk. You're over the legal limit. I am over the legal limit,
02:05but I'm not drunk. Yeah, that's the highest I've ever had anyone blow. Maybe. Yeah, so
02:10you're under arrest for drink driving. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm
02:14your defence if you do not mention one question to something which you later rely on in court
02:17that you do say. You may be given an evidence. Can someone get this child, please? He's just
02:22blown 88. Hello, sweetheart. You alright? Yeah. Oh, yeah, God. Are you OK? No, no, I'm
02:29not OK. You could have killed someone. No, I know. Not OK at all, and your dog, and you.
02:34I understand. It's ridiculous. I understand. It's absolutely absurd, mate. I know it's
02:38wrong, mate. I know it's totally wrong. You could potentially kill somebody for yourself.
02:41I did kill my best friend. I killed one of my best friends. What, a dream driver? Yes.
02:49Do you want to give your head a shirt, mate? I just wanted some f***ing food because I
02:55was hungry. That's all it was. I was just hungry. It could be worse. We could be pulling
03:01you out of a wrecked vehicle, or God forbid somebody else. Looks like alcohol in the car.
03:05OK. What's your name? I've ruined my life. That's what I've done. I've ruined my life.
03:13Alright, pal.
03:18Is there anything in your car that you need to take with you?
03:21Not my dignity. No, it's fine. Is it your little hands, is it, in the car? So this is my son,
03:26and that's my other friend's son. That's your friend's son there? OK.
03:31How much time will I be out tomorrow? It depends, so we can't do anything.
03:36Right. I've locked her up. She's blue 74, but all the kids need to go to hospital to
03:41be looked at. We're going to need to get the dog to a vet as well. They were saying
03:44they got a broken leg or something from the crash. It's been a difficult day. I'm sorry.
03:50I've got no idea what you're dealing with at the minute, but you're still drunk driving.
03:53I'm not bothered. I'm a trained fighter. I'll punch your f***ing head in.
03:59Whose motor is it, then? It's my boss's, but he doesn't know I have it.
04:07That's going to make it even worse, isn't it?
04:10And while you're doing this, people's getting robbed.
04:13This is why people hate you, you know? Why?
04:16I was literally going home. I live half a mile away from home, right? Right.
04:20If you didn't pull me, I would have been home. Right, listen, I'll be canny with you,
04:24but you're the one who's been drunk driving. That kills people.
04:28What do you mean, right? I'm a safe driver.
04:33You're drunk, mate. The thing is, you made these choices tonight,
04:36not us, and we're just doing our job. Will you tell them to get off the road?
04:38Nope.
04:50So, it's your lucky day because you've blown the first reading of 30 and the second reading of 29.
04:56I'm all right. It's not my lucky day. I'm absolutely, bloody ashamed of myself.
05:09Yes, I haven't spoken, I'm just about to.
05:21Yeah, I was just...
05:25It's 0344. They're going to be under arrest for causing death to two persons by dangerous driving.