Current education just doesn't seem to be reaching the target audience, or the audience members are choosing to ignore it. The ads say "If you drink, don't drive", the ads do not say "If you drink, drive when you think you are safe based on what some idiot on a bar-stool told you was a fool-proof way of measuring / guaranteeing your sobriety".
Buy yourself a breathalyser.Out of interest, how would you determine when it is safe to drive after having a drink (or three.
As we're in LOS, I'll let that one pass.Out of interest, how would you determine when it is safe to drive after having a drink (or three). "If you drink, don't drive" could mean you never drive again after having a drink. That is obviously not the case, so you need some sort of objective measure to know when you are safe to drive again. If you drive and are not a member of the league of temperance, you need something, surely? ...
This is the exactly the kind of simplistic rubbish that causes problems.... The advice I was handed is to give myself an hour for every unit of alcohol imbibed, counting from the end of the last drink, which would appear to be a conservative yet useful tool. For example three pints by midnight would be your limit if you intended to drive the next morning (giving yourself 6 hours plus change). ...
Very sensible - whether a "10 drink bender" consists of 10,15, 20 or more units units of alcohol, it ties in with the adage "If you drink, don't drive".... A 10 drink bender (which I've never had) would mean you shouldn't drive the next day at all. I've never considered that to be idiotic advice.
its a joke really,most of the gaurds i know..one of which is my cousin! drive around nearly all the time over the limit..makes a bit of a farce of things, then again who is going to brethalise them!
There is a rule of thumb that says a normal healthy adult, who is well rested, well nourished, emotionally stable, not on any medication, with a normal body-fat content, who is not dehydrated, has not imbibed alcohol the previous day, has a normally functioning liver and kidneys, drinking at a normal pace, etc, etc. has the ability to metabolise a single unit of beverage alcohol per hour on a given day (the hour starts when the last of the drink is taken). On a different day with any of the variables changed, that ability may change, upwards or downwards.
Even if all of the metabolites that indicate the presence and level of alcohol in a person's blood-stream and therefore brain have gone, post-bender, there are other issues to be considered such as :
all of which may effect a person's ability to drive, cycle, roller-skate or maybe even walk safely.
- Level of tiredness
- Dehydration
- Ability to concentrate
- Emotional state (anxiety, worry, regret, anger, etc.)
- Physical state (sweats, shakes, headache, dodgy tummy, etc.)
A year off the road probably reflects the less serious aspect of this case, I thought most get put off the road for 2 years?
She must have had a savage amount of drink to be over at 1 O'Clock in the afternoon next day and after a "substantial breakfast".
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