There are alcohol simulators on line, the fire service do a course to educate teenagers and the time the literature they give out was far longer than I would have thought.
Just had 10 bottles of Stella, 8 cans of Kronenburg, 6 tequilas, 4 sambuccas, and 2 glasses of red. Been drinking since 2pm this afternoon, last drink was about 5 minutes ago.i feel fine. Am I alright to drive?
It's something like 1 in 5 or 6 of those who get convicted of drink driving are caught driving the following day after a heavy drinking session.
You can bet your life that's the following morning though which is understandable. At 5/6 pm the following evening, with the amount that was consumed in this case, I don't think they'll be a problem whatsoever.
SCP and Redrobbo have it. 1 point per hour. Guess you were 16 points from 3.30 so fine when you awoke. Experts say size doesn't matter but logic tells you that is guff.
You can buy a hand held breathalyser for when you're not sure, they're not perfect but it's better than nothing.
as they're not perfect then presumably they may tell you you're fine when you're not. wouldn't that be the exact opposite of 'better than nothing'
I don't think that's the case
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king
One eye = better than no eyes
Breathalyser = better than no breathalyser
Did you read my link. Tested 9 out of 14 showed it was ok to drive legally when the person was still over the limit. Relying on them if you are unsure would not be a statistically wise thing to do.
You can buy a hand held breathalyser for when you're not sure, they're not perfect but it's better than nothing.
as they're not perfect then presumably they may tell you you're fine when you're not. wouldn't that be the exact opposite of 'better than nothing'
I don't think that's the case
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king
One eye = better than no eyes
Breathalyser = better than no breathalyser
Did you read my link. Tested 9 out of 14 showed it was ok to drive legally when the person was still over the limit. Relying on them of you are unsure would not be a statistically wise thing to do.
I'm not telling anyone to rely on one, how cautious the guy who started the thread is being though. I'd say he is probably ok to drive. However if he had the second opinion of a breathalyser it may put his mind at rest.
Hear what you're saying though. I had a go on a crappy keyfob one when they started coming out, i hadn't even had a drink and it came up red immediately
SCP and Redrobbo have it. 1 point per hour. Guess you were 16 points from 3.30 so fine when you awoke. Experts say size doesn't matter but logic tells you that is guff.
As others have said it takes one hour for your body to get rid of one alcoholic unit - but one drink does not = 1 unit.
You can use that logic on regular beer but once you go onto wines and spirits then it's totally different and you will need to allow longer for the alcohol to go out of your system.
As others have said it takes one hour for your body to get rid of one alcoholic unit - but one drink does not = 1 unit.
You can use that logic on regular beer but once you go onto wines and spirits then it's totally different and you will need to allow longer for the alcohol to go out of your system.
Isn't one unit if alcohol the same regardless of the drink? The difference is the volume you have with different types of drink, beer, wine or spirits.
As others have said it takes one hour for your body to get rid of one alcoholic unit - but one drink does not = 1 unit.
You can use that logic on regular beer but once you go onto wines and spirits then it's totally different and you will need to allow longer for the alcohol to go out of your system.
Isn't one unit if alcohol the same regardless of the drink? The difference is the volume you have with different types of drink, beer, wine or spirits.
Yes - I am referring to the volumes.
Eg, a pub will give you a wine glass half-filled (one unit) but at a friends place they may fill it to the brim (two units) etc....
Spirits are even worse, a measured pour in a pub is one unit but a 'self pour' could be five!
The one unit per hour is, I believe, correct, but alcohol takes four hours to 'peak' in your system then it takes another hour hour to go. Thus each unit takes five hours from consumption to no longer registering. This is how people that are still drinking at 2am and then drive at 8am get into trouble.
However, those companies that sell breathalyzer kits for your home keep running full page adverts warning about losing your licence after drinking the night before. Even though this does happen (a friend of mine lost his licence the following day) it is not, I believe, as big a risk as the companies trying to sell you a home kit would have you believe.
Having said that if I am going to have a heavy night I would always take the next morning off anyway. Even if safe to drive I don't want to be getting put of bed feeling like crap, let along driving.
My engineers father in law is a magistrate and he says that 60% of drivers caught over the limit that come before him are caught the next day. Something we all should consider.
Roughly a pint of Stellar takes 3 hours to clear from the system so if you have 4 pints you cant drive for at least 12 hours and it is recommended that you add an hour to that so that makes 13. Food for thought.
Missed this yesterday. I can tell you that there is no 'safe formula' for working out whether the alcohol has left your system after a night (and afternoon) on the tiles. Simply put, everyone is different and the ability to process alcohol relies on too many different factors for there to be any consistency. I used to run communications for a large domestic insurance company and as part of that ran many tests and experiments at Transport Research Labs looking at exactly this issue.. I would get volunteers drunk and then test them the next morning to see how their body had processed the alcohol..we'd then do it again the following week and every time the results were different, and not always what you would expect...i.e. in one test we had a 6'4" bloke, built like a brick outhouse and 5'2" female who was more like a small Kylie Minogue...both brought up to the same level of blood alcohol the night before and then monitored in the morning and the young lady had cleared away most of the alcohol while the bloke was nowhere near...the opposite of what you would expect.
The next issue is that once you are sober, your hangover starts to kick in and this can be just as dangerous as driving over the limit, as you are not able to fully concentrate due to headaches etc....you may be under the limit should the worst happen, but you're more likely to be driving without due care and attention or similar...
The simple rule is that if you have had a big night out, avoid driving the next day wherever possible.
Just had 10 bottles of Stella, 8 cans of Kronenburg, 6 tequilas, 4 sambuccas, and 2 glasses of red. Been drinking since 2pm this afternoon, last drink was about 5 minutes ago.i feel fine. Am I alright to drive?
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In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king
One eye = better than no eyes
Breathalyser = better than no breathalyser
I'm not telling anyone to rely on one, how cautious the guy who started the thread is being though. I'd say he is probably ok to drive. However if he had the second opinion of a breathalyser it may put his mind at rest.
Hear what you're saying though. I had a go on a crappy keyfob one when they started coming out, i hadn't even had a drink and it came up red immediately
You can use that logic on regular beer but once you go onto wines and spirits then it's totally different and you will need to allow longer for the alcohol to go out of your system.
The difference is the volume you have with different types of drink, beer, wine or spirits.
Eg, a pub will give you a wine glass half-filled (one unit) but at a friends place they may fill it to the brim (two units) etc....
Spirits are even worse, a measured pour in a pub is one unit but a 'self pour' could be five!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30500372
Ever, probably!
Drove in the end.
Thought I would be fine but wanted so advice. Normally if i have had a drink on a Saturday no need to drive and don't the next day anyway.
Interesting points raised though.
However, those companies that sell breathalyzer kits for your home keep running full page adverts warning about losing your licence after drinking the night before. Even though this does happen (a friend of mine lost his licence the following day) it is not, I believe, as big a risk as the companies trying to sell you a home kit would have you believe.
Having said that if I am going to have a heavy night I would always take the next morning off anyway. Even if safe to drive I don't want to be getting put of bed feeling like crap, let along driving.
Roughly a pint of Stellar takes 3 hours to clear from the system so if you have 4 pints you cant drive for at least 12 hours and it is recommended that you add an hour to that so that makes 13. Food for thought.
The next issue is that once you are sober, your hangover starts to kick in and this can be just as dangerous as driving over the limit, as you are not able to fully concentrate due to headaches etc....you may be under the limit should the worst happen, but you're more likely to be driving without due care and attention or similar...
The simple rule is that if you have had a big night out, avoid driving the next day wherever possible.
Driving my vodka, can I?