Drink driving advice sought

cyclonebri1

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

In which case there is no need for a "dash" then, is there?

Oh my God, :wall::wall::wall:

Argumentative**** alert:mad:

Lum

jojonic wrote: »

Thank you everyone, this has been really helpful. Confused indeed does work, and returned a quote £300 cheaper than the best we had got through a 'specialist' insurer.

For anyone in this situation in the future, Im finding a further saving of around £150 by putting myself on as a named driver. Im also finding I can put him as a named driver onto my own policy for only about £70 more than I currently pay my own insurer!

Thanks MSEs for your help this morning.

Whilst this may be a little late (though you do have 14 days to cancel), would it not be more cost effective to put you as the main driver and your partner as a temporary named driver for, say, 2 months.

This shouldn't be considered "fronting" as your pregnancy is, ultimately, a temporary medical condition and presumably once the baby is born and you are both out of hospital, you will become the main driver of the vehicle once again.

vaio

Lum wrote: »

Whilst this may be a little late (though you do have 14 days to cancel), would it not be more cost effective to put you as the main driver and your partner as a temporary named driver for, say, 2 months.

This shouldn't be considered "fronting" as your pregnancy is, ultimately, a temporary medical condition and presumably once the baby is born and you are both out of hospital, you will become the main driver of the vehicle once again.

I thought they were going back to being a two car family

cardinalbiggles

jojonic wrote: »

Partner was banned 4 years 3 months ago for being over the limit. Very unlucky to be stopped for a brake light the morning after a christmas party and still testing slightly over the limit.

Very unlucky to be stopped? Very lucky in my book. At least it was the cops that stopped him and not him killing someone. Sorry, you may say we should'nt lecture but its a silly crime and one that warrants increased insurance premiums. Lets face it nobody knows if he will do it again so he's an increased risk.

LandyAndy

Applover wrote: »

Good to see people on here prepared to help someone who has been honest and had the courage to ask for advise. The claim that it's 'those over the limit the morning after' is completely groundless, and counter-productive to the discussion. Hand on heart can anyone say that they haven't driven home the morning after they've been out with their friends or stayed over at a partner's house?

Don't worry there'll be plenty.

I could probably name a good few.

Lum

vaio wrote: »

I thought they were going back to being a two car family

Yes but if you can wait until the magic "have you had any convictions in the last 5 years" threshold is up and then go back to being a 2 car family then some money can be saved.

Depends on personal circumstances, of course.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

I've seen people who haven't touched a drink in weeks drive in a manner which I could only describe as worse than the driving of a good driver who's had 5 pints too many.

People see "over the limit" and instantly jump to conclusions. If the limit was lowered, they'd probably follow it like sheeple and be similarly judgemental.

What matters is the standard of his driving when caught. Nothing else.

Lum

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

I've seen people who haven't touched a drink in weeks drive in a manner which I could only describe as worse than the driving of a good driver who's had 5 pints too many.

People see "over the limit" and instantly jump to conclusions. If the limit was lowered, they'd probably follow it like sheeple and be similarly judgemental.

What matters is the standard of his driving when caught. Nothing else.

Have to agree here. I'd much rather see some kind of impairment test than an arbitrary level, expecially when it is well known that said level affects everybody in different ways.

I've known people end up flat out unconscious after a single pint of lager and people who can down a whole bottle of wine and not be affected in the slightest.

But surely this is a topic for a different thread.

DaveMacD

Applover wrote: »

Hand on heart can anyone say that they haven't driven home the morning after they've been out with their friends or stayed over at a partner's house?

The only people who could claim that would be tee-totallers. And even then, their bodies may contain low levels of naturally occurring alcohol. I'd love to see how many non-drinkers would fail a breath test if we went to a zero limit. I'm sure over the years I must have driven the following day with a non zero level of alcohol in my blood on several instances But I feel it prudent to mention that Fifth Gear ran a test several years ago (Quentin Wilson was still in it back then) where a driver at the legal alcohol limit was far LESS of a danger on the road than someone who was driving tired.