Is this legit or a hoax?

[d000hg]

It's floating around on the web but anyone know if it's for real?

[stek]

Who had a car with a five speed box in 1972?

[DannyF1966]

Not sure about that, the lyrics to Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime", which was about the same time, says "Have a drink, have a drive"... so maybe it wasn't frowned on at all.

Mind you, the only thing I was drinking back then was Ribena, and the only thing I was driving was my pedal car

[MarillionFan]

It's a fake.

In 1972 the limit was 8 pints, a packet of tabs and a double whisky.

[SimonMac]

I call bulltulip, there doesn't even seem to have been a HMG Health Commission

[NickFitz]

Who had a car with a five speed box in 1972?

This. A fifth gear was still considered exotic ten years after the supposed date on the poster.

[BrilloPad]

Didn't you have to walk along a line to prove sobriety?

[BrilloPad]

One's 'orseless carriage would have had an overdrive to provide the 5th gear.

In the event that one's 'orseless carriage was a bit sporty like, it might have had overdrive on 3rd gear as well as top.

What hapopened to the bloke you paid to walk in front of your car with a red flag?

[OwlHoot]

This. A fifth gear was still considered exotic ten years after the supposed date on the poster.

Maybe that would have given the poster extra punch - suggesting that having a fifth pint was as outlandish as a car with a fifth gear

(although that psychology could have backfired if five gear cars were considered exotic in a good way)

It doesn't feel genuine to me though

and there's this:

1965: Drink-drive limit to be introduced

In January 1966 the new Road Safety Bill was introduced. It set a limit of 80mg of alcohol in 100cc of blood and it became an offence to drive when over this limit.

In 1967 the breathalyser was introduced as a way of testing a person's blood alcohol level. ...

[stek]

I find that five pints is the sweet spot for getting behind the wheel, all the traffic lights disappear and there are no other cars.