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To: GraceZ who wrote (17497)2/20/2004 12:30:43 AM
From: Elroy JetsonRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
When you go out for the evening with Australians, one difference you notice immediately is that everyone takes a cab, even in country towns. As everyone likes to drink, and no one wanting to spend nine months in prison, leaving their cars at home is entirely reasonable.

Some friends of mine from East Hampstead discovered this when Alun was arrested for drink driving in Sydney shortly after arriving. They would be living there for a year to avoid UK taxes. The judge was more lenient with him, as a tourist from the U.K., and he spent only three months in prison with six months of weekly supervised probation. Of course he lost his Driving License for twelve months - or in this case until he departed for London.

I find this approach entirely reasonable. People make the decision not to drive before they start drinking. Or in this case, it meant I did all of the driving.
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