Drink drive limit

[Dark Light]

Without looking how many (1 unit) drinks do you think the average person (say 77kg male) would and should have to have before being over the limit? Without taking in to account time taken to process\absorb the alcohol.

 

[Tefal]

3?

I don't know any 1 unit drinks besides the alcohol crap though.

 

[RoyMi6]

In before drive ban!

 

[Dark Light]

3?

I don't know any 1 unit drinks besides the alcohol crap though.

Then how many units worth of alcohol, a shot is 1 and a pint is 2.3 - 2.9.

 

[murah]

drinking and driving is stupid no matter if it's a shot or a bender.

 

[monkeyspank]

2 pints of 4% beer would probably put you near or on the limit IMO

 

[Hagar]

I occasionally drive after one pint of average pub strength bitter. No more than that otherwise I would taxi it or stay over.

 

[Tefal]

Then how many units worth of alcohol, a shot is 1 and a pint is 2.3 - 2.9.

About right then. I'd say anything more than a pint is too much.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

What's the law on drink driving in England and Wales?

In England and Wales, the alcohol limit for drivers is 80 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath or 107 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of urine. In most other European countries, the limit is less, usually 50 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood (3)

http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/check-the-facts/alcohol-and-the-law/drink-driving

Everyone is different. You may find that you could drink 5 pints and be under the limit, whilst your scrawny 5ft friend would be technically over the limit after 2.

Don't drink and drive folks

 

[Adam-r]

Is this an average male with average hydration, average food intake, average health, average liver function?

Too many variables! That's why a specific quantity is never mentioned....

Have you been pulled?

 

[Mr Badger]

Conventional wisdom always seemed to be two pints of 4% beer (i.e. around 4 units of alcohol) was under the drink drive limit for an average male. However there are a bunch of variables including age, hydration, food, how much you've been drinking previously. You've said you want to discount absorption time (again conventional wisdom was that it takes an hour for the alcohol to get fully into your blood and then you process it out at the rate of one unit every two hours) so I suppose the simple answer to your question would be you can knock back 4 1 unit shots and then drive and theoretically be under the limit. Although doing so sounds very unwise!

How wrong is my common knowledge on this?

 

[skyripper]

Which limit we talking about?
Hasn't Scotland just lowered their limit?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

aye they halfed it iirc

None /thread

 

[GinG]

2 - 3 pints of Stella?

 

[Dark Light]

Through my calculations one could had 5 shots or 2 pints and still be under the limit, and three 5% pints within 3 hours. Which is really really too much, 0.08 is far too high, I always thought it was 0.035, but that the breath calculation. If it was up to me I would change it to 0.01.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrqGwj3XpA

 

[Ryan-3]

Just don't.

 

[oap]

0% or bottle of dark rum if you insist!

 

[MooMoo444]

It's not many IIRC, but you can avoid the risk by drinking on the go. By the time it's in your system, you'll be at your destination.

Trust me, I'm a doctor.

 

[ttaskmaster]

If you can afford to go out to drink, you can afford a taxi!!

 

[Sin_Chase]

There is no answer to this question. Everyone is so very different.

The proper answer is simple - If you want to drive, you don't drink anything alcoholic.