Don't Drink Drive

Saturday March 14, 2009 

Here in Australia they don't call it "Drinkin

g and Driving" just "drink driving".  This goes along with their constant need to shorten everything.  Here are a few more examples. 

speedometre becomes speedo

service station becomes servo 

and the list goes on and on. 

But, back to the point of the post.  On our trip down the great ocean road we got stopped by what we would call a "ride" program.  They call it a booze bus or something like that.  They do it a little differently here though.  Instead of stopping everyone and talking to them and only breathalyzing a few if they suspect alcohol, they only pull over a few and breathalyze everyone they pull over.  

So we got pulled over and I had to blow into the breathalyzer.  I hadn't had anything to drink so they just waved me on.  They didn't check a license or registration or anything. 

Also, in Australia it is perfectly legal for the passenger to be drinking as much as they want while driving.  

Jesse