Cannabis and Driving

thundercat · 6th October 2015, 09:23

My son was going through a sticky patch with his partner, they decided that they would have a week end break away from each other and he stayed with some friends for that week end. While he was there they offered him a role up with cannabis in it to calm him down. After he smoked it he decided that this was not for him, he spent the week end being a passive smoker of this stuff.
The following Friday he was stopped my the police because he was driving a modified car his cannabis smoking mate was in the car with him. Although the Police did not find a fault with his car they could smell Cannabis, him and his mate were arrested and taken to the police station for a drugs test. A blood test revealed that my son has half a point over the two that is the base figure. He went to court and had his licence revoked for 16 months and fined £ 700. So this has to be a warning to Cannabis drivers, you can be over the limit by passive smoking and it can take up to two weeks for this to get out of your system. Un like drink driving where you can get leg less on a Saturday night but still drive on a Monday.
And no, passive smoking will not be taken into consideration by magistrates. His cannabis smoking mate was not charged. IN today's local rag a bloke was caught driving at 111 MPH on the A14, he got a year ban and £400 fine.
So, if you know a cannabis smoking Rider/Driver please warn him/her of what will happen if they get caught. But as the old saying goes, Commit the Crime do the Time

6th October 2015, 09:23	#1
thundercat Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Club SE Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: saxmundham Posts: 1,438 Thanks: 289 Thanked 173 Times in 121 Posts	Cannabis and Driving My son was going through a sticky patch with his partner, they decided that they would have a week end break away from each other and he stayed with some friends for that week end. While he was there they offered him a role up with cannabis in it to calm him down. After he smoked it he decided that this was not for him, he spent the week end being a passive smoker of this stuff. The following Friday he was stopped my the police because he was driving a modified car his cannabis smoking mate was in the car with him. Although the Police did not find a fault with his car they could smell Cannabis, him and his mate were arrested and taken to the police station for a drugs test. A blood test revealed that my son has half a point over the two that is the base figure. He went to court and had his licence revoked for 16 months and fined £ 700. So this has to be a warning to Cannabis drivers, you can be over the limit by passive smoking and it can take up to two weeks for this to get out of your system. Un like drink driving where you can get leg less on a Saturday night but still drive on a Monday. And no, passive smoking will not be taken into consideration by magistrates. His cannabis smoking mate was not charged. IN today's local rag a bloke was caught driving at 111 MPH on the A14, he got a year ban and £400 fine. So, if you know a cannabis smoking Rider/Driver please warn him/her of what will happen if they get caught. But as the old saying goes, Commit the Crime do the Time Last edited by thundercat; 6th October 2015 at 09:26..