drink driving limits

I just take it easy if I know I'm going to be driving within an hour or so. Usually 1 spirit with mixer, maybe 2. If I don't feel great or have not had too much to eat it'll be maximum 1 or 0.

I don't think driving should equal zero alcohol. Your body will go through ups and downs that will cause as much, if not more, of an effect on your driving than alcohol; yet alcohol is somehow picked on.
 
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millsy888 said:
The sooner the limit is dropped to zero to avoid any confusion, the better.
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But the body can produce alcohol naturally.

Also a couple of units will affect you a lot less than being tiered or any other number of distractions people seem to feel are fine.

PMKeates said:
yet alcohol is somehow picked on.
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as it easy to convict just like speeding. Drink driving should be picked on. But one pint is fine no need for this zero policy people cry out for.
 
markyp23 said:
So alcohol should be allowed purely because there are worse things? Why not make all of them illegal?
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It's harder to police the others.. and the rule of diminishing returns. Policing fatigue would be impossible, and putting zero tolerance on alcohol would save very few lives - if any. You could ban all forms of motorised transportation and then even fewer people would die on the roads, but the inconvenience that would be caused would be massive for very little benefit.
 
lumpeh said:
I just don't drink if i need to drive. Not worth the risking of screwing my life up and more importantly someone else's over a pint or two.
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thats just how i feel. even drinking on a night knowing your driving in the morning is wrong
 
PMKeates said:
I just take it easy if I know I'm going to be driving within an hour or so. Usually 1 spirit with mixer, maybe 2. If I don't feel great or have not had too much to eat it'll be maximum 1 or 0.

I don't think driving should equal zero alcohol. Your body will go through ups and downs that will cause as much, if not more, of an effect on your driving than alcohol; yet alcohol is somehow picked on.
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Why am I not surprised by your attitude given your track record.
 
THE DRINK DRIVE LIMIT IS NOT A UNIVERSAL NUMBER

ITS DIFFERENT FOR EVEYONE

EASIEST WAY, DONT DRINK AT ALL!

Seriously, I cannot belive people think this way! It angers me to see people thinking they can define the drink drive limit, and saddens me that they end up killing someone before they realise!
 
It amazes me how many people are willing to risk their license. Ive wanted to drive since I was as young as I can remember, and its just illogical to me why people risk the loss of personal transport over a drink.
 
Stellios said:
It amazes me how many people are willing to risk their license. Ive wanted to drive since I was as young as I can remember, and its just illogical to me why people risk the loss of personal transport over a drink.
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Sod personal transport, My main concern is the loss of peoples lives through this idiocity!
 
Just for the record, after posting in this thread, do I stand as a hypocrite having driven 500 yds to the pub because it was absolutely lashing down.
Had one pint of Westons and drove then 600 yds to the Chinese takeaway. and 300 yds back to my mates house. :D
 
dmpoole said:
Then you romperstomper have a serious problem.
To be willing to spend £60 most nights just so you can have a drink is madness.

Just to play Devils Advocate here and I witnessed this with my own eyes.
I've got a lot of Traffic Cop mates who I go out with quite regular and one night I gave one of them a lecture about how much he'd drunk because I'd seen him down at least 6 pints but he confirmed he'd had 7 and he was driving.
He took me to his car, got out his official breathalyser, got a colleague to set it up, blew in it and he was below the limit :eek:
He claimed that when he was at full fitness going the gym every day he can put away 7 pints without going over but if ever he stops training for a month then he goes down to 4 pints.
During training Traffic Cops go on a weekend binge where they do all sorts with alcohol and breathalysers.
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Your mate the traffic cop seems like a bit of an idiot to be honest -

Firstly - why the hell would someone have 7 pints and then drive? If it doesnt affect you in the slightest, why even drink them in the first place? Bringing out his breathalyzer to test himself after the pub is a bit off also...

And during training, traffic cops just dont go on weekend binges to see how much they can drink before driving..
 
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