Dirnk Driving Limit to be Cut?

[rootsnall]

For the record, I often go out for a meal, have a pint and drive. Any more & I leave the car at home.

I allow myself 2 pints, that was the rule of thumb many moons ago and I've stuck to it ever since !?!?!?

[original PM]

bad idea probably over the limit

things is as others have said - the people who drink while properly bladerred are probably those that drive like nobs when sober - they are an accident waiting to happen whether they are sober or not.

reducing the legal limit will just catch a few more people who had a swift half after work - those people will then loose thir licence, their jobs, their lively hoods possibly their families

but the muppets who get lagered and drive probably do not have a licence anyway and so you cannot take it off them

once again the average man on the street is suffering because of dirty chav scum



probably

[SueEllen]

I allow myself 2 pints, that was the rule of thumb many moons ago and I've stuck to it ever since !?!?!?

Beer has got stronger over the years so I wouldn't use that as a rule of thumb.

[EternalOptimist]

I allow myself 2 pints, that was the rule of thumb many moons ago and I've stuck to it ever since !?!?!?

Tolerance has probably got stronger over the years, so I wouldnt use that as a rule of thumb

[swamp]

I know guys who do the "two pints is OK" rule, and then they drink premium lager. Then they have a third and say "well I can take my drink" or "I've eaten" (a packet of crisps!)

They honestly believe they will breath orange if stopped. Though I know someone who actually did this (3 Kronenborg) and lit up the orange light and no more... But the fact is, two pints of weak lager onwards and you're at risk of losing your licence. If you've had a session the night before then make that one pint.

I think this is what is behind the new level -- the fact that people think they can push the current level.

[gingerjedi]

or with the missus chasing you down the drive waving a golf club at you

First genuine 'lol' in while.

[AtW]

Thought it was just one pint as they usually contain 2 units which I thought was max?

Either way I'd say even one pint too much - if you drink then don't drive. If you can't afford that then don't do either.

[minestrone]

The point of this was to show how alcohol is enjoyed differently by the french, but the expert went on to say that the health effects would be about the same because your liver still has to deal with the same amount of alcohol. It's just that drinking with a meal has less of an effect of your abilities short term, and you don't end up puking over that slapper whose hair you're holding back so she can puke over your best mate whose nose you've just broken for puking over your bird, like we all do every night in Britain.

The French tend to have more physical issues with the bevy, they drink constantly but never to excess, we have more mental issues as we only drink for a few days but very heavily. Tends to make people get the heebie jeebies then taken in with alcohol psychosis.

[RichardCranium]

Has nobody pointed out the "drink driving accident statistics" include all accidents where ANY parts is over the limit and that in the majority of cases it is a sober driver and a drunk pedestrian?



It's just another way for our Alien Lizard overlords to close down pubs & breweries, increase unhappiness, raise taxes and further criminalise the population thereby allowing them to continue filling their DNA database.

[BoredBloke]

For me it is one pint of cooking lager. Any more than that and I don't drive. The risk of losing my licence and the possibility of damaging my car on those pesky pedestrians is too much!