They're off their heads !!

Petrolia

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They\'re off their heads !!

This proposed 'Drink-Boating Law".

"Marina officials entitled to detain anyone they suspect bla, bla, until the police arrive".

Based on what ? Lets hope it's not our ability to drive a boat straight and moor up perfectly ? 80% of us can't drive sober !!

There will be huge queues of people waiting to be interviewed / breath tested by police.

I don't suppose there is any hope of our 'marina officials' adopting a French kind of attitude to this idiotic and un-necessary new 'LAW' ?

Nod approval then completley ignore it !!
 

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Re: They\'re off their heads !!

I'd like to see a marina official try to detain some the blokes I know.

Although, I wouldn't get too hot under the collar, I am sure no-one here goes sailing/boating when drunk anyway, so the problem won't arise.
 

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Re: They\'re off their heads !!

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...I am sure no-one here goes sailing/boating when drunk anyway, so the problem won't arise.

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Surely the problem of being falsely detained is going to arise at some point, any one of us could fall prey to an overzealous marina manager.
 

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Re: They\'re off their heads !!

Agree. I don't drink & drive nor drink & boat. So hopefully won't affect me.

Also agree quite a few people will just tell the 'official' to get stuffed !

What really gets me pissed is the goverments promises to 'consult' on all their idiotic, partonising new laws but then NEVER listening to a single word anyone says. HIPS being another case in point.

I think the reason is most of this stuff is EU initiated, which our lot keep quiet for fear of the people learning who's really running the country. That's why the government never back down. They can't. It's an EU done deal dictat /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 

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Re: They\'re off their heads !!

Agree again. But what's in it for the marina manager ?

If someone is obviously drunk then I think some 'official' should step in.

Otherwise any overzealous busy body is just going to make himself extremely unpopular and for what ?

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