Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper charged over M6 crash

Brown Sauce · Post by **Brown Sauce** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:36 am

[web]https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/0 ... eed=uknews[/web]

I haven't had a drink and driven since about 1984. I figured that I could pay the fine, that could do the time, just about, but could not forgive myself if anyone was seriously hurt. Whilst I do naturally feel sorry for the mother and father, I have feelings for the idiot too ...

Post by **faceless** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:55 am

I don't care much for him at all - "rich guy kills kids" is never going to get sympathy from me, and the fact he had no insurance is even worse.

Post by **Skylace** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:05 pm

I can't have much feeling for him either. He is the one who made the choice to drink and drive and not have insurance for his car. He has to live with himself for the rest of his life now, knowing that his stupid choice killed two innocent children. Which is fine by me.

luke · Post by **luke** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:40 pm

i agree with faceless and skylace, i don't have much sympathy for someone choosing to drink and then drive

Brown Sauce · Post by **Brown Sauce** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:08 pm

I can understand a lack of feeling. But my view comes from someone who at his age did drink and drive. It wasn't so long after Mungo Jerry sang about having a drink and a drive. Things might have changed insofar as society's general attitude and that's great, but at his age I wasn't rich, it wasn't a range rover, but until I came to my conclusion it could've been me.

Post by **faceless** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:13 pm

I see your point, but 25 years ago drink-driving wasn't as socially unacceptable. As an example of how things have changed, a couple of years back I saw passers-by drag a drunk driver from his car and hold him for the police. He'd not crashed or anything, but it was obvious he'd be putting people at risk...

Brown Sauce · Post by **Brown Sauce** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:28 pm

And I'd say that that's fair enough. When I'm doin' the white van man bit I'm sure that I see drunks behind the wheel and wonder should I grass 'em up, I haven't yet.

I also think that being paid a few grands a week can turn anyones head, be that as it may, I'm 51 years old and can honestly say that in this life I've done nothing that I regret, this young man already can't say so, and has to live with this absolute foolish idiocy for the test of his. That's why I feel sorry for him.

Had I been the magistrate btw, he wouldn't have got bail ...