People driving whilst smoking cannabis

Barny1979

DCFC79 said:

Mention it to the local pcso.

They already have and they may as well mention it to the Lollipop man/woman, as they have as much power.

NBLondon

Barny1979 said:

DCFC79 said:

Mention it to the local pcso.

They already have and they may as well mention it to the Lollipop man/woman, as they have as much power.

Local paper (website thereof) may be interested.

lincroft1710

Jack_Cork said:

lincroft1710 said:

Jack_Cork said:

Maybe the message about drug driving needs to be reinforced more, much the same way drink driving was..  Very much like DD was in the 70's before they brought in the breathalyser,

Breathalyser actually introduced in 1967

Thank you, very interesting. So just to make it more factual 'Very much like DD was prior to 1967'

Any views about 'People driving whilst smoking cannabis'?

Edit,
Acorrding to the drink driving website the law came into effect in 1967, however the first breathalyser wasnt approved and used until 1968   https://www.drinkdriving.org/drink_driving_information_uklawhistory.php

1968
First Breathalyser is Type Approved
The first preliminary roadside breathalyser to be type approved by the home office was the Alcotest 80, manufactured by Dräger Ltd. The number 80 in the name refers to the BAC (blood alcohol concentration) limit it was designed to detect

So you were nearly right

I remember 1967 being a relevant year because I was on a car journey on Boxing Day and passed a pub at lunchtime with a very full car park and either myself or my father remarking about the new DD law apparently having little effect.

Jack_Cork

lincroft1710 said:

Jack_Cork said:

lincroft1710 said:

Jack_Cork said:

Maybe the message about drug driving needs to be reinforced more, much the same way drink driving was..  Very much like DD was in the 70's before they brought in the breathalyser,

Breathalyser actually introduced in 1967

Thank you, very interesting. So just to make it more factual 'Very much like DD was prior to 1967'

Any views about 'People driving whilst smoking cannabis'?

Edit,
Acorrding to the drink driving website the law came into effect in 1967, however the first breathalyser wasnt approved and used until 1968   https://www.drinkdriving.org/drink_driving_information_uklawhistory.php

1968
First Breathalyser is Type Approved
The first preliminary roadside breathalyser to be type approved by the home office was the Alcotest 80, manufactured by Dräger Ltd. The number 80 in the name refers to the BAC (blood alcohol concentration) limit it was designed to detect

So you were nearly right

I remember 1967 being a relevant year because I was on a car journey on Boxing Day and passed a pub at lunchtime with a very full car park and either myself or my father remarking about the new DD law apparently having little effect.

Probably as they didnt have a Type Approved breathalyser to test people till the following year

Any views on 'People driving whilst smoking cannabis'?

lincroft1710

Jack_Cork said:

lincroft1710 said:

Jack_Cork said:

lincroft1710 said:

Jack_Cork said:

Maybe the message about drug driving needs to be reinforced more, much the same way drink driving was..  Very much like DD was in the 70's before they brought in the breathalyser,

Breathalyser actually introduced in 1967

Thank you, very interesting. So just to make it more factual 'Very much like DD was prior to 1967'

Any views about 'People driving whilst smoking cannabis'?

Edit,
Acorrding to the drink driving website the law came into effect in 1967, however the first breathalyser wasnt approved and used until 1968   https://www.drinkdriving.org/drink_driving_information_uklawhistory.php

1968
First Breathalyser is Type Approved
The first preliminary roadside breathalyser to be type approved by the home office was the Alcotest 80, manufactured by Dräger Ltd. The number 80 in the name refers to the BAC (blood alcohol concentration) limit it was designed to detect

So you were nearly right

I remember 1967 being a relevant year because I was on a car journey on Boxing Day and passed a pub at lunchtime with a very full car park and either myself or my father remarking about the new DD law apparently having little effect.

Any views on 'People driving whilst smoking cannabis'?

Don't think it's a sensible thing to do

coachman12

First breathalyser used on Wednesday 12 June  at half past three-----what a "debate" 
As for the real question raised by O/P , I sympathise completely with his own family experience and I strongly support the law banning drink/drug drivers and think it is not enforced strongly enough, especially where drug use is concerned. There should be a much more vigorous campaign .....but police numbers are now so depleted that there is little chance of that, sadly.
As for cannabis, the use of it by adults at home is a matter that I will only say is a very different matter from driving whilst or after using it. As for all "Hard Drugs", I am totally against them being made legal.