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.
Assume you have 2 pints an hour and the 3 hours starts when you have the last sip of each pint:
0000 pint in 0030 pint in 0100 pint in 0130 pint in 0330 pint out 0400 pint out 0430 pint out 0500 pint out
Add an hour and a half for good measure
6.5 hours after starting and 4.5 hours after stopping you're sober.
I reckon you're safe to drive, by what ever you do don't let the cops find you asleep in smashed up car in a lay-by with the keys on the passenger seat.
US swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all-time, has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to drink-driving.
The 18-time Olympic gold medallist was also sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation.
During that time Phelps must totally abstain from drinking alcohol.
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.
A good mate of mine was caught sleeping in the back seat of his car. He was absolutely arseholed and would have stayed sleeping for most of the following day had the police not woken him up. Keys were in the ashtray the car hadn't moved from the pub car park since he drove there sober and he got a 12 month ban. Reduced to 9 months for doing a course
A good mate of mine was caught sleeping in the back seat of his car. He was absolutely arseholed and would have stayed sleeping for most of the following day had the police not woken him up. Keys were in the ashtray the car hadn't moved from the pub car park since he drove there sober and he got a 12 month ban. Reduced to 9 months for doing a course
Wouldlove to know how this could work if it were a caravan ?
A good mate of mine was caught sleeping in the back seat of his car. He was absolutely arseholed and would have stayed sleeping for most of the following day had the police not woken him up. Keys were in the ashtray the car hadn't moved from the pub car park since he drove there sober and he got a 12 month ban. Reduced to 9 months for doing a course
Wouldlove to know how this could work if it were a caravan ?
That's an interesting one Buckshee. I have a campervan and I'm pretty sure if I wasn't on a campsite then I would be in trouble as well (although I don't know that 100% to be honest). A caravan being separate from another vehicle you'd think would be ok?
A good mate of mine was caught sleeping in the back seat of his car. He was absolutely arseholed and would have stayed sleeping for most of the following day had the police not woken him up. Keys were in the ashtray the car hadn't moved from the pub car park since he drove there sober and he got a 12 month ban. Reduced to 9 months for doing a course
Wouldlove to know how this could work if it were a caravan ?
That's an interesting one Buckshee. I have a campervan and I'm pretty sure if I wasn't on a campsite then I would be in trouble as well (although I don't know that 100% to be honest). A caravan being separate from another vehicle you'd think would be ok?
If you live in a caravan you're above the law so no need to worry.
0330 pint out 0400 pint out 0430 pint out 0500 pint out
Half an hour for a pint out, 1 unit an hour, I think I'm confused then.
First pint was finished at 0030. Assume it is 2 or 3 units so that takes you up to 0230 or 0330 before or is gone and the extra 30 or 90 minutes ( depending on the strength od the beer ) is just to be sure. So by 0400 the pint you drank between 0000 and 0030 has passed through
The subsequent pints pass through in the subsequent 30 minute intervals.
Think a lot must depend on metabolism a friend lost his license a few years back and was stopped mid morning and last drink was 2 am? He only got stopped because his car was damaged At the end of the day it's ur licence at risk!
A good mate of mine was caught sleeping in the back seat of his car. He was absolutely arseholed and would have stayed sleeping for most of the following day had the police not woken him up. Keys were in the ashtray the car hadn't moved from the pub car park since he drove there sober and he got a 12 month ban. Reduced to 9 months for doing a course
Wouldlove to know how this could work if it were a caravan ?
That's an interesting one Buckshee. I have a campervan and I'm pretty sure if I wasn't on a campsite then I would be in trouble as well (although I don't know that 100% to be honest). A caravan being separate from another vehicle you'd think would be ok?
If you live in a caravan you're above the law so no need to worry.
Never drive if there's any doubt. As others have said, it takes at least one hour for a unit to leave your body, but sleep slows that down - and I dare say the more you drink may well do the same - so through-the-night calculations are likely to be questionable.
The big problem is that few of us really know how many units we've drunk. Estrella will be 3 units a pint, but how big were your wine glasses, how strong was the wine, how strong was the whisky, after a few drinks are you absolutely certain you've counted accurately, etc. etc. And then throw in variables such as whether you slept well the night before, how and what you ate...
The long ban and massive future insurance premiums aren't worth the risk.
Plus eating a fry-up slows down the removal of alcohol from the system. One of the biggest mistakes is thinking that you'll be ok after a plateful of grub
A few too many flippant comments on this for my liking on what is a serious issue. My view is simple - if you are going to drink then certainly don't drive for at least 12 hours. Personally i'd like to see the 1 year ban increased but i'm probably in a minority.
A good mate of mine was caught sleeping in the back seat of his car. He was absolutely arseholed and would have stayed sleeping for most of the following day had the police not woken him up. Keys were in the ashtray the car hadn't moved from the pub car park since he drove there sober and he got a 12 month ban. Reduced to 9 months for doing a course
This situation is policing at its worst. No common sense whatsoever.
A few too many flippant comments on this for my liking on what is a serious issue. My view is simple - if you are going to drink then certainly don't drive for at least 12 hours. Personally i'd like to see the 1 year ban increased but i'm probably in a minority.
Totally agree.
I never have anything if I'm driving. Drinking is nowhere as important as driving safely.
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0000 pint in
0030 pint in
0100 pint in
0130 pint in
0330 pint out
0400 pint out
0430 pint out
0500 pint out
Add an hour and a half for good measure
6.5 hours after starting and 4.5 hours after stopping you're sober.
0400 pint out
0430 pint out
0500 pint out
Half an hour for a pint out, 1 unit an hour, I think I'm confused then.
So you wouldn't advise driving a mini bus full of blokes 3hrs after an 8hr night out ???
BTW, whatever happened to Killersgonad?
US swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all-time, has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to drink-driving.
The 18-time Olympic gold medallist was also sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation.
During that time Phelps must totally abstain from drinking alcohol.
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The subsequent pints pass through in the subsequent 30 minute intervals.
a friend lost his license a few years back and was stopped mid morning and last drink was 2 am?
He only got stopped because his car was damaged
At the end of the day it's ur licence at risk!
The big problem is that few of us really know how many units we've drunk. Estrella will be 3 units a pint, but how big were your wine glasses, how strong was the wine, how strong was the whisky, after a few drinks are you absolutely certain you've counted accurately, etc. etc. And then throw in variables such as whether you slept well the night before, how and what you ate...
The long ban and massive future insurance premiums aren't worth the risk.
I never have anything if I'm driving.
Drinking is nowhere as important as driving safely.