Tiger Woods getting nicked

I too have absolutely no sympathy for him at all, it seems that the American law enforcement system / ethos is different to ours in the UK with them releasing evidence into the public domain. To a degree I am also worried that the UK system may be following the same trend. Anything to do with £££££££ I wonder?

It’s hard to feel soft for someone so privileged, however he was once top of world, he is far from that now. He obviously has some demands, plus his back is finished. He knows his best years are behind him, and the press are only intrested in his ills and no more his golf.

So in a way I do have sympathy for him. But like the old saying goes, money doesn’t buy you happiness, but I’d rather be crying in a £100k merc than a £100 Ford Ka. ?

Seems that Tiger is getting some support and sympathy. Have to say that I agree with most of this:

https://tinyurl.com/yb34g2ah

However, I do not condone drunken driving. I have never forgotten as a young squaddie, having to visit a soldier’s wife and baby whilst on a spell of Regimental Police. He had smashed his BMW 1602 into a wall blind drunk, killed himself, his mate died in surgery. Both had blood tests, both loaded. I had to take a screaming baby from a collapsed 19 yo mother, it was one of the worst nights of my life. MP’s went to the other wife’s married quarter, took her there in time to see him die.

Drunken driving can destroy several lives at once. But in Tiger’s case, he “blew zeroes” and was suffering “an unexpected reaction to prescribed medication“.     https://tinyurl.com/y8cy47t2

So before we criticise the guy, maybe give him some leeway. His former famous, wealthy life is all gone and the public that once loved him, is kicking him while he’s down. Not just an American thing either: look at all the British celeb’s and sports stars who have been pilloried and hated by the media and public.

Yea it was prescribed tablets.

As we now know many her was born before 1957  :scratch: bit this means we have a gout of people that have their fair sure of legal drugs. I know my back tablets, have little effect on my daily life. Bit if my brother in law takes them, when hurt) he describes rooms as melting around him. Not to mention alot of derision pills basically cars you to the point of sleep. Both cases it’s like talking to a very drink person.

May Woods prescription wad safe, but he may of been in extreme pain, there is days I double up, add to that he may of been down and doubler Ed up of the depressants, and less speculate a couple of whiskeys. This usually normal day, with the added extra drugs, could of changed a routeen daily drive into, well, a death trap.

However the book stops at him, if I’ve over medicated, and feel high, I won’t drive. Bit of your clinically depresses, basic logical thinking goes out the winter.

My wife struggled with depression for many years, first post natal, and now she has her ups and down, cos of the cancer. And when in full swing, there is no talking to a person in such A state.

He will probably need care from one of these detox places that are now cool on La.

dwynnehugh wrote:

The law on drug driving does not differentiate between legal or illegal drugs – many people fail to understand that many prescribed legal drugs can put them into the category of ‘drug driving’ if used correctly and most certainly if taken incorrectly.

True, but you would need to read all the very small print on the leaflet inside the packet to find that out. I currently have a staph infection of a sinus following a tooth extraction that went wrong and was given a course of both antibiotic and antimicrobial drugs. There are no big warning notices on the outside of either packet.

I have to be honest. If I had been given these when thirty years younger I would just have read when and how many pills to take, then done so without a second thought. However being a bit of a distrusting barsteward with respect to drugs I now read the small print, and hidden in the antimicrobial leaflet was a warning that just about ticks all the boxes on not using while a driver: It causes sleepiness, affects coordination and reaction speed, and may cause hallucinations (It disappointingly has none of these affects on me!). It finishes by the usual warning about not using machinery which I presume includes cars.

My bottom line to this is that while I totally agree with the necessity of this UK law there really should be a change in the packet design for drugs known to impair driving ability, otherwise the 40 years old me could easily get into trouble without even knowing the risk.

The Duke wrote:

I’m so glad I was born a man, I’d of never of coped as a women.

Can we ask the Duchess for confirmation Steve? :yahoo:

Dwynne no real arguments from me, but as I said a packet design change to include a big ‘DO NOT DRIVE’ warning/icon would be a sensible NHS requirement. Small print (and it IS ruddy small) is easily overlooked and literacy is not a legal driving requirement.

True Steve, but I think I would have little excuse driving having taken a drug known to affect coordination, drowsiness, reaction speed and cause possible hallucinations! Although I’m 90% sure I’m not impaired (based on playing Witcher) I cannot really be certain, so I will not drive for the next few weeks. However, as it apparently had no impact on me I would not know there was even a risk if I had not read the small print.  In any case isn’t ‘operating machinery’ synonymous with ‘driving a car’, that would be how I would read it.

As a society we nanny most things and there are some I totally disagree with, but at least I am able to make a concious decision to ignore those I personally deem silly. This is one where I think a bit of nannyism could really improve road safety as most people ignore or overlook small print.

My old X4 rig is now in the local open prison running a 4 CCTV camera system and SIP server to give them VOIP between three buildings without digging a trench. The X3 is a standby machine for the charity but I know it’s only got a 760G mobo.