"Death by dangerous driving" | Drink driver hears the worst possible news [Start Listening Part 3]
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- Опубліковано 20 гру 2023
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“You’re further arrested for causing death by dangerous driving.”
Imagine hearing those words. The sinking feeling. The disbelief. The horror at your life changing irreversibly.
In the final part of our ‘Start Listening’ video series, we see a young man hear that news, a woman accuse officers of ruining her career, and a man adamant that he hasn’t been driving… as his car is pulled out of a ditch.
Our drink drive operation is still ongoing, and roadside checks will be continuing across the Christmas period and into the new year.
So we implore you, PLEASE listen to what we’re saying. If you’re going to have a drink, leave the car keys at home.
It just isn’t worth it.
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It's crazy how self entitled some people are - that last woman who was only bothered about herself when she was told she'd crashed into a nurse who had just finished a 12 hour shift was shocking. At least show some contrition!
Just disgusting people, I'm on edge when my daughter drives 80 miles home after a 12.5 hour shift in a hospital!
@@steves7013I for one totally appreciate people like your daughter.
She was battered though, not thinking straight. When she sobers up...
@@Pasthim oh well that's ok then
@@steves7013 rightly so! she could cause an accident,she shouldnt be driving when tired!!! She should Know Better!
My friend had been drinking vodka all day long, wanted to go for a drive. I said you get in that car and I'm phoning the police. He did so I did. He was caught, wasn't his first offence so he was stripped of his license and lost his car. Never spoke to me for years but when we spoke again he thanked me and said me calling the police was the best thing I could have done as it gave him the wake up call he needed.
Thank you for being his friend, you save a lot of anguish and heartache.
@@nancyhammons3594 exactly, because if he did have an accident that caused injury or death to anyone then I would never have forgiven myself had I not called the police to prevent it- I may as well have been the one behind the wheel if I had just ignored it and that happened.
Your friend is a right selfish twat who deserves not to have a license.
My colleague's ex-husband did this to her but she was under the limit when breathalysed
Top marks to whoever did the subtitles! 2:29
Absolute LOLZ!
I love the officers reply... "I know mate" hahaha
They forgot to put inverted inverted commas around career at 3:37
The auto-generated subtitles just gave up lol
Good to see a police force putting out this stuff instead of nonsense on Twitter.
Reported for hate speech.
I'm a bit confused. Have you reported my positive comment about Durham Constabulary as hate speech? If so, is this part of a research programme into how far an algorithm can be perverted? And before I throw myself into a lake of boiling tar due to the immeasurable anguish arising from the prospect of being told off by UA-cam, can you explain the vacuous thought processes of your 9 followers, seemingly mesmerised by your zero posted content?
@@atakd @ me next time, questioning me is antisemitic, stop it.
@@oyvey304 based
This is a dog whistle, isn't it.
You're going to ruin my career...no lady, you just ruined someone else's career.
It's the fact that she can't even see it's self-inflicted. He's not going to ruin your career, you've ruined your own career.
No one's gonna mention the guy admitting he's lost his licence for causing death by careless driving and then getting caught drink driving?
I reckon that takes the absolute cake for unbelievable stupidity on this or any kind of Highway Patrol tv show.
What is wild to me is that this person was even free and not in prison. The moment you drink and drive the "accidental" nature of anything that happens should be dropped and be considered deliberate. Too many innocent people die/suffer because of these people. In this day and age with uber etc, there is no excuse to drink and drive.
No point denying it. Just be straight up.
These videos should be put on tv in the same way drink driving ads were. people need to see this.
"My car's the one with the blue flashing lights, look"
I had to laugh...
Convicted of death by dangerous driving and he’s drinking and driving?! Has to be prison next
what gets me is you wouldnt give a gun man a gun again so why do we give them there cars and license back makes no sense
@@FattyOn2Wheels he doesn't have a licence, he said he was suspended
@@okicool4042 yes so they take your guns off you so why didnt they take the car
@@FattyOn2Wheels because if he's not licensed to drive that means the vehicle is not registered, or its someone else's... That means he's NOT allowed to drive. How is the police supposed to know he's driving if it's not reported?
@okicool4042 I think the point is the courts allow a killer driver to reapply to drive again once their driving ban is completed.
As someone who was convicted for drug driving I can happily say that it was the wake up call that I needed. I've been sober since my conviction and wouldn't dream of getting myself in that kind of situation again. It ruined my work life, my social life and stopped me from doing so many things in that one year period. Then I realised that it could have been me causing a fatal collision, truly mad how substance abuse can narrow your view of the world and make you the most selfish person alive.
Was it weed?
@@Manos-de-Piedra yep, sure was. Though my substance abuse covered a pretty broad spectrum of drugs, just so happened to be weed that got me nicked because of the roadside swabs
Bollocks, how many of these were drug related? How many were drink related..
@@AI-Records24 Don't be a wanker mate. They're specifically showing drunk drivers because more people drink drive than drug drive, especially around Christmas and New Year. Doesn't mean drug driving is okay though and it's boring listening to people justify it, they live in their little addiction bubbles and echo chambers then cry when they lose their licence. Speaking from experience, of course.
@@jamie3356 fair enough, I take your point. All I’m saying is it’s not as dangerous as they make out for *some* drugs, and yes that doesn’t make it ok for every drug. When I smoked weed every day as you may or may not know you get a tolerance, there have been studies done that proved your reaction time loss is negligible with a tolerance but they go after you as if you’re drinking 10 pints and coming out the pub. When the legal limit for cannabis was introduced they were recommended a limit by the experts and they said nah half of that will do. They were recommended to lower the alcohol one at the same time and again, nah that will do. Because they all do it. I was up in court even with a prescription, got off and decided to stop smoking just too much hassle. To be fair that’s been really good(😂) and I won’t go back, but I think there’s a point in there somewhere. It’s okay for them to do what they do but anyone else take them to the cleaners.
My answer to the usual" You should be out catching criminals" line was always, "I just have. That's YOU."
It really pi$$es me off when people say "Haven't the police got better things to do than punish drivers?" No, car related crime including dangerous driving, speeding and driving whilst intoxicated kills or seriously injures nearly 30,000 people a year in the UK. Drink driving should be automatic permanent driving ban.
Permanent ban is no deterrent. Knowing you will never get your licence back would only encourage you to drive illegally as you have nothing to loose except possibly a bit of jail time. Half these azzholes probably have no licence anyway.
Get what you're saying but divide your figure by about 8 and you'll be closer
4%x 75 the outcome is potentially devastating to the bereaved and disaffected
I’m with you on permabans however that’s not all they focus on is it? Mostly always the little stuff that takes money out of hard working people’s pockets is what they focus more on. Get the statistics up.
@@jamesm875 absolute twaddle
You're doing a great service by posting these videos
2:28 those subtitles Lol
Keep posting these, the public need to see more and it helps transparency
lol the subtitles remind me of Don Vito from Viva La Bam 🤣
This needs to be pushed onto more media channels. It's shocking, truly.
Good grief… the selfishness of these extremely stupid dangerous people. They should be banned for life when caught drink driving.
Quote of the week-
“That’s not my car….My car’s the one with the blue flashing lights love….”🙄
There was a bit of a clue there wasn’t there 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻🇬🇧
Having no license won't stop some of the morons unfortunately.
I got banned for a year and have stayed sober ever since. It's not true that people should be banned for life, that's why sentences get worse and worse if you repeat offend. People like myself don't deserve to have their life thrown down the toilet because of their ignorance, people change.
@@jamie3356 Sorry mate- this is one situation where if you damage someone else or worse, one strike and you're out. No one drinks and drives by accident (no pun intended). Had you known you would be banned for life at the time, you wouldn't have gotten behind the wheel, unless you're an absolute moron of course, then you would deserve to be banned for life. It's the culture that needs changing, and urgently.
@@dm607 Yes, but they're the ones that go to jail, and if they've caused mayhem, for a very long time.
The arrogance and self centred people in this is staggering. A few years back driving down a country lane at 2300 and saw a car in a hedge with someone in it. Been to a Christmas party and decided to drive and crashed, I opened the door to get her out and she was plastered, needed the fire brigade as the car was balancing precariously, police came and nicked her. Only care about themselves
I got nicked when I was 17 for DD. 45 years later I can honestly say that I've never done it since. It's one of the most dangerous things you can do. Just don't do it.
You are a clever person , cause you learned by your mistakes !
Everyone does it till they are caught its baffling
@@roughwalkersyou only get better by practicing
If I’m driving I don’t even have one drink. Because if I was to get into a crash for any reason, I never want to be thinking did that one beer I had affect my judgement. It’s easier just to not drink at all.
What was your punishment? I’m 17 now and I would NEVER do something like that. I’m not sure young age is a particularly strong mitigating factor…
this should be shown as part of a television campaign
“I’m a decent guy”
Clearly not mate.
Thank you for posting these and the hard work you do keeping these chumps off of the road and bringing them to justice. Stay safe and have a safe Xmas & New year.
Especially shocked by that last woman. 'You're gonna ruin my career'. Ah yes, because the copper forced you to drive whilst steaming didn't he.
This is sad af but the subtitles are LEGENDARY (I hope his thyme was ok)
I have a large car and it's garaged every night, I have drove it in to my garage so many times I can drive it in with my eyes closed. I forgot to put it away one time and so it was standing on my drive, I had drank 2 x Vodka and coke, I was not even a bit tipsy, I felt zero effect from the alcohol. I went to put the car away into the garage and was shocked when the drivers side mirror clipped the garage door, I reversed and tried a correction and again I hit the garage door post, took me three attempts to get the car square into the garage. You may think the alcohol is not effecting your judgement but it most certainly will, I was shocked at how much it affected mine and I was driving 10 feet from a drive into a garage at 1 mph, anyone who takes a car onto the public road after a drink is deluded if they think it's not dangerous, Don't even think about doing it.
1:36 "I'm not an asshole"
Pissed and stood in front of his Audi.
These videos are excellent. They really show the dangers and stupidity of driving a vehicle drunk.
I love this accent, almost makes the police seem more friendly as well (or maybe they just are more than here in Essex)
I am now 66 years old and when I was young I used to drink drive regularly, never got caught and I am now ashamed of my younger self.
It's good you have grown and are responsible. It was a different time back then and there were smaller population and less cars.
But yeah. Nowadays it's completely unacceptable. The risks are so high now and the booze is so cheap and strong.
Well, it was stupid. But then again it was a different time and 40 years from now people will look at 2023 and say "how stupid". 1981 - Sammy Davis Jnr and Dean Martin were driving a Ferrari drunk in Cannonball Run and it was seen as funny (recklessly endangering everyone for your own entertainment - hilarious!).
That was a bloody good production, pretty much spoke for itself. Clearly some of those individuals only thought about themselves, perhaps a follow up might be to interview the reactions of those affected afterwards, so the chiuldren and families of the bereaved, of those who no longer have work because of a bloody drink etc.
Thank you for protecting us from these people.
Ex fire service, went to a bloke on christmas day morning, who had buried his car into the central reservation of the M3. He was adamant that he was on the driveway of his house so he couldnt lose his license as it was private property, had no idea where he actually was.
It really rips my knitting the sheer blatant disregard that anyone who gets behind the wheel of a car after drinking can be so disrespectful to other road users and pedestrians and try to put the blame on someone else or a bull###t excuse and just not care. My dad lost his life in an RTA and unfortunately so did the driver of the other vehicle, after the police had done investigating it turned out the other driver had left a pub only 15mins before the collision. 🙏 25yrs and i still miss him.
So sorry to ready this. I'm surprised you could watch this video. I haven't been able to watch the whole video yet. My uncle and aunt were nearly killed by a drunk driver...the passenger in the drunk driver's car died...he was just getting a lift home. I don't know how people can have such a disregard for human life to even contemplate getting drunk then getting behind the wheel of a car. Watching the video makes me both angry and sad.
@paulsengupta971 they say that the grief heals with time but the anger and contempt doesn't. Hope you are well my friend..
did enjoy the geordie copper with the subtitles of the drunk guy being "heyisjsdi abushsj" then the copper just going "hawey lol"
I don't know how the police have the patience to deal with these people.
A lifetime of regret for a few beers!!! It's just not worth it. Well done with these videos, keep posting
So many examples of "I'm a good person". These people really are clueless.
They are trying to convince themselves as well as others...
This should be a tv ad
Sadly no matter how many drink/drive campaigns, no matter how many deaths or ruined lives, these people will just keep on doing it regardless.
Completely true, sadly. I see it everywhere these days, a very significant portion of the population are completely blinded by their own ego.
Drink driving has been on the decline for the last 50 years. This messaging does work, and it helps if you know someone who has died or been hurt because of a drink driver. But it still happens far too often.
drink driving, should be an automatic ticket the jail.
The patience you guys must have… Every driver should see this.
To many times we see the courts letting drink drivers of when they plead hardship if they lose their licence. Tough, suck it up and deal with the consequences. 🇬🇧
They need to get rid of that ability to plead exceptional hardship BS completely.
If losing their license would cause exceptional hardship for them or people dependent on them, they should be extra motivated to treat their license like the precious document it is. People need to know that their actions will have consequences, and that they won't get to turn on the water works to keep a driving license they absolutely do not deserve. The legal system needs to stop putting everybody else in danger so that somebody who doesn't give two hoots about other people can keep driving.
@@damionlee7658 I agree it's complete bs. It's hardly setting a deterrent if they can plead hardship and keep their license. It should be a straight ban no exceptions
I don't think you understand how that works, you can't just plead hardship, give some bullshit story and get out of a ban.@@damionlee7658
No Court does that ever! It’s only for the totting up scenario where people accumulate points to more than 12 points. Drink drivers get a ban ALWAYS.
@@likhwadube5937 "Drink drivers get a ban ALWAYS"
You're living in a land of unicorns and make believe it you think your statement is remotely accurate. There are many legal firms that specialise in (and are very publicly proud of) helping drink and drug driving offenders keep their license.
It isn't called exceptional hardship when dealing with drink driving, but among the list of mitigating factors which may allow a person found guilty of drink driving to keep their license, is if they are the sole licensed driver for their family. (You may notice how banning that driver might suggest causing exceptional hardship for that family... A rose by any other name.)
1:35 "I'm not an arsehole, mate"
- Yes, you are.
1:37 "I'm a decent guy"
- No you absolutely are not.
i love the subtitles
Its time to get rid of the legal limit entirely, no limit, no excuses, jail and a lifetime ban.
The thing with that is some medication etc can give a tiny reading of alcohol in your system. There has to be a small tolerance to allow for that.
Simple answer is don’t drink at all.
@@vetworker there really doesn't need tolerance for that built into the limit, you just have the law written to allow this effect by prescription medication to be a legitimate defence in court.
@@damionlee7658 That would mean constant court cases. There just has to be a much, much lower limit.
@@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq you get that every case of a drink driving charge has a court case already, right? Having a 0.0 limit wouldn't change that. Bear in mind also, that any potential prescription medication levels aren't going to magically lead people to being pulled over by police for no reason. You are trying to make excuses that are utterly pointless.
@@vetworker Your doctor can vouch for your medication.
Absolutely outstanding piece of content.
Thank you for posting your videos ❤🙏
These are brilliant, thank you. They're hard to watch, but hopefully will get through to some folk that wouldn't otherwise hear.
Hopefully, but unfortunately there is always going to be a small group of people that just don't care.
Excellent Work, good to see something useful put on social media these days.
This is a very hard hitting video and needs to be shown on tv screens. It's amazing how stupid some people can be getting into a vehicle after a drink or more. It's not worth it. The message is very clear. Don't drink and drive as it can destroy so many lives.
County Durham needs a big shake up regarding driving standards in general, mobile phone use, close passes by motorists on horses and bicycles and illegal motorbikes. These clips need to be on local news too!
Keep this kind of content up, well done
The arrogance of some of the drivers when confronted with what they have done, or might have happened because of their actions is just shocking.
The guy who said he’s disqualified for death by dangerous driving 🤯
“You’ve just crashed into a nurse who works in A&E and just done 12 hour shift”
“We can deal with that …. But your going to ruin my career”… what planet ?
Powerful video that! This sort of thing ought to be shown more often and on more media ...
To the point but still the idiots will take a chance. Thankyou for posting this.
As a beer enthusiast I must recommend public transport, taxi,unicycle or walking.
Condolences to the bereaved and disaffected by intoxicated drivers
Cycling under the influence is also a crime.
@@Fordnanif you can ride a unicycle while piss drunk that's just called a bartrick not a crime
@@alexanderwoolley1623Not in the eyes of the law. Seriously. Walk. Get a taxi. Phone a friend or relative.
@@FordnanYeah it is technically illegal, but pragmatically it's not even in the same league as drink driving because you're only putting your own life at risk, nobody else's.
Also you need to be sober enough to balance, if you're too drunk you'll fall off in the first 15 yards, if you make it past that you'll probably be sober enough to get home. 10mph on a bike is a lot less dangerous to yourself than a car capable of doing over 100. Probably still a recipe for disaster if your route entails a steep downhill though.
Not encouraging it but as public transport is useless and taxis can be a nightmare, if you're getting desperate definitely choose a pedal bike over a car.
@@Fordnan I discovered this once upon a time when I wondered if I could cycle home from a beer festival and decided to look up the relevant laws, before deciding to use the bus like a sensible person!
I know it's not really a laughing matter, but the 'slurred speech' subtitles are priceless.
As many others have said this should be on TV or somewhere on the internet to go viral.
Thanks. Keep making these videos.
25 years service, it's how it is, people are selfish, then someone has to to and break the news to the family of the deceased, another memory to come back in the early hours. Think of the emergency services.😢
A family member was a police officer- I once asked them if it got easier to break bad news over time, as you got more experienced, he said it never got easier. And that it was a lot worse than it was made out to be in TV dramas. I can't even repeat the rest he told me about what it was like, too harrowing.
2:28 Thanks for the subtitles, lads! 🤣🤣
I honestly wouldn’t be able to control myself if I was a copper in these situations.
Could watch these all day, keep it up DC
We need tougher laws for this shite.
Never go to Australia bro. Drink drivers here get banned for 3 months lol
@@CheGuevara110100should be banned for life.
This is absolutely horrendous !!
Brilliant uploads... well done, SHOW people!
Thanks suzie
The way they all say, "I'm a good person!" But drunk driving is not something a good person does.
What a brilliant advertising campaign this is - Hats off to Durham Police for this. Amazing, impactful work.
keep up the good work lads and lasses. 🤙🏼
At last , a decent po po video that doesn’t come off as a sunday school lesson .
Thanks .
This absolutely boils my piss. Though the officer who said "What a nobhead" made me chuckle
Wow, it's pretty scary that all this happened in one small area of the UK.
I cannot understand the "don't you have anything better to do" when around 250 people die annually in the UK through drunk driving. That is like a full Jet airliner coming down. That's nearly four times as many died in Grenfell Tower. That's five times the number who died in the 7/7 terror attacks. It's more than ten times the Manchester Arena bombing.
Well, you get the idea but to act like it isn't a significant crime with significant victims is ridiculous.
Some horrible ignorant people on the roads isn't there?, thank you police men and women
I`m a good person!
"GET A FUCKIN TAXI ,"
2:10 " my car's the one with the blue flashing lights look " 🤣🤣🤣
It's amazing how so many of these people always say "I'm a good person" when they're being arrested. I'm starting to think that all drink drivers are actually just terrible people.
These people chose to drink and drive, a toxic mixture, are they really that good?
Excellent video 👏👏👏
This needs to be shown a lot more!
It should be played to every driver multiple times!
It should be a part of every driving test to watch this!
It should be played at every drink driving court case!
It should be played in hospitals!
It should be played in schools!
EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH THIS AND NOT DRINK DRIVE!!!!
Thank you to all the emergency workers out there dealing with these silly people and for keeping our roads safe 🩶
"My car is the one with the blue flashing lights love."
Haha Class.
Normally im complainig about a lack of effort from our police but today i say good work to your officers. Its good to see a police force protecting the public and doing the dirty work we never thank you for.
Merry Xmas Dirham police force.
Great video.... "I'm a good person" it's all about those choices and actions...
Even if you feel completely fine and even after a single drink. DO NOT DRIVE. There are so many other options to get around. Walk, Taxi, Uber, Family, Friends, etc...
I say this all the time - whether you get a PCN, clamped whatever, it's still way better than the alternative. Fuck I paid a PCN and a 24hr parking charge in an MSCP last year from where I've gone to town which isnt massively far from mine, insisted I wouldn't drink then shots get passed around and I just say fuck it I'll get the train home.
First dui offence should carry a 5 year ban and if caught again then they should be banned for life and jailed
ANY alcohol in a driver's system should be too much!
I can drive LEGALLY under the limit yet be totally incapable of driving because even so much as a sniff of alcohol and I am asleep.
I don't drink.... Just not my cup of tea. Peace 🌞
Me too mate I only need a sniff of the barmaids apron and I get a hangover so I avoid it !
You are incapable in many other ways though.
Very powerful!
Thanks - very powerful
Both my grandparents were killed by a drunk driver when they was on there bike. He went right over the 2 of them. They way these fools blame others it so frustrating.🙏
I gave up alcohol three years ago, after being a heavy drinker for forty years. It was the best decision I’ve ever made.
Life has become so much better without it. If it’s something any of you have thought about doing, l encourage you to try.
I've never really drunk it, because it makes people stupid/horrible, and rots the body and mind.
Alcohol free for 5 years. Absolutely agree, makes you feel so much healthier and leaves your head so much clearer if you don’t touch it.
Gaslighters - “you’re gonna ruin my career” ……
powerful stuff. Nice one lads, keep doing what you are dong.
What a rollercoaster.
Should put these on TV ad breaks instead of adverts for river cruises and hoovers.
Crazy ...unreal !
Being a former drinking driver in previous years it terrifies me to think of the damage and hurt my actions could've caused... thank god there was police out there to see my misconduct and remove my licence until I seen the error of my ways ...
Thankfully I remained peaceful and caused no lasting pain
There is never a reason or excuse,no more needs to be said.
Exactly the reason I take the car to work the week before Christmas every year. There are that many drink drivers coming out of Edinburgh on the A90 at 01:00 it’s far too dangerous to take the scooter. So many near misses with these clowns, when will they learn!
Great video! Sadly though, the people who need to see it, never will!
these videos are amazing but brutal - short, sharp and to the fcking point. no endless waffle, fake jeopardy etc beloved of online content. the fact they are real situations makes it even more scary. whatever the excuse is doesn't alter the outcome
Its terrifying how ignorant they are.
This is shocking. Even if YOU dont drink, these people are out there when you are driving.