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Drinking and Driving the next day

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  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    edited December 2014
    Chippycafc said:

    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.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    What kind of pint only has half a unit of alcohol in it?
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    What kind of pint only has half a unit of alcohol in it?

    The ones sold at The Valley.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    What kind of pint only has half a unit of alcohol in it?

    That isn't mentioned
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    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.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Interesting points from @Charlton Charlie‌

    So you wouldn't advise driving a mini bus full of blokes 3hrs after an 8hr night out ???
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    AFKABartram said:

    Interesting points from @Charlton Charlie‌

    So you wouldn't advise driving a mini bus full of blokes 3hrs after an 8hr night out ???

    The hangover won't have kicked in!


  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    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.

    BTW, whatever happened to Killersgonad?
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Harsh sentencing in the US of A


    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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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    Phelps is lucky not to be doing time. He was twice the drink drive limit and caught doing 85mph in a 45 limit.
  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    Chippycafc said:

    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.

    So the moral being, don't drink Stella.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,243
    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
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    It's a bit rough and ready, but it might help.

    http://www.rupissed.com
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    Carter said:

    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 ?
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    buckshee said:

    Carter said:

    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?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    red_murph said:

    buckshee said:

    Carter said:

    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.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    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.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    Makes sense now, seems quite fast!
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    Makes sense now, seems quite fast!

    It only works like that on an 'enhanced' metabolism
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  • floydroadfaithfull
    floydroadfaithfull Posts: 4,778
    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!
  • floydroadfaithfull
    floydroadfaithfull Posts: 4,778
    DaveMehmet said:

    red_murph said:

    buckshee said:

    Carter said:

    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.
    Only if it's an old vw
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    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.
  • To_Be_Franck
    To_Be_Franck Posts: 1,095
    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
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    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.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    Carter said:

    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.
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    I am hearing of people being done two days after a binge in Scotland since they lowered the limit. That's worrying.....
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,640
    Cardinal Sin said:

    I am hearing of people being done two days after a binge in Scotland since they lowered the limit. That's worrying.....

    but they were probably half way through the next one.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Cardinal Sin said:

    I am hearing of people being done two days after a binge in Scotland since they lowered the limit. That's worrying.....

    Only if you're unlucky enough to live in Scotland.
  • iainambler
    iainambler Posts: 963
    philcafc said:

    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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