How Much Drink Before You Hang Up The Keys?

Burnsy2023

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So after watching the Drink Drive program on ITV tonight, I have a question:

How much would you be comfortable drinking before you take to the road?

One half pint? One glass of wine? Two? A whole bottle?

As for me, I'm won't drink anything whatso ever as I want to know that if I **** up then it's my ability and not any other factor.

Burnsy

Edit: And another question: How long after a bender the night before do you leave before driving?
 
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1 larger shady is all I will drink if I'm driving. I used to drink 1 pint and drive a few years ago, but not anymore, it's just not worth it ...even if I am under the legal limit, I don't feel comfortable doing it.
 
short distance, 1 pint... long distance none. i know my limits and i get drowsy after a bit of drink. its rare that i even have one though for that reason...

would be so much easier if they just said NO alcohol when driving... cut out the 'should i, shouldnt i' bunch.
 
Doonhamer said:
Same here, if I am going to drive I touch nothing alcoholic.
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Same Here.

I have driven after one pint before and just didn't feel in full control so haven't drank alcohol and then driven since.
 
If i know im going to be driving, I don't go out with the car, i'll get a lift.

If i'm out at work, and we go down the pub for lunch, I will think nothing of having a pint then driving the half a mile back to work.
 
sometimes have a pint after work and drive back the shortish journey but tbh i still feel "dodgy" doing that .

i too think they should just make the rule NO alcohol

if im going out drinking i leave the key at home , no chance of drink driving and no chance of loosing it ( my only one :o )
 
Generally zero, but I'll drink a bottle of beer or a small glass of wine if it's with some food and I get a good hour afterwards for the liver to deal with it.

Biggest problem isn't drink driving anymore, it's drink-drink-drink-taxi-sleep-driving. One unit takes an hour to get out of your system. A pint has 2.5 units in it, it doesn't take much for that hang-over in the morning to still be the tail-end of your bender.
 
Drink 10 pints down 2 half litre bottles of vodka, 10 tequilla slammers plus 2 bottles of vodka to go whilst driving, so far I've only ran over 6 people the record is 8.

(This is a joke btw)
 
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Guigsy said:
Generally zero, but I'll drink a bottle of beer or a small glass of wine if it's with some food and I get a good hour afterwards for the liver to deal with it.

Biggest problem isn't drink driving anymore, it's drink-drink-drink-taxi-sleep-driving. One unit takes an hour to get out of your system. A pint has 2.5 units in it, it doesn't take much for that hang-over in the morning to still be the tail-end of your bender.
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good point ,

i try and avoid driving after a heavy night ( or are too ill to even move ) but i do know people who get up and go out to work etc early .
 
LIke most people here, if I drink anything alcoholic I don't drive.

I have driven a few times after a pint, but on reflection I came to the conclusion it's not worth it, so now I will only drive if I haven't touched any alcohol.
 
I NEVER drive if im going to be drinking. Can you imagine being involved in an accident and thinking ... i wonder if i hadnt drank that pint i might've been able to react quicker etc
Not worth it imo
 
At most one pint although only if I'm drinking it slowly over the course of an hour or so. I won't neck a whole pint in 20 mins and then drive.
 
Reading the replies another question seems to have arisen:

How long after a bender do you leave before driving?

I generally leave a good 8-10 hours and a decent breakfast.

Burnsy
 
two points of well spaced out mild lager

im very sceptical about the results in that programe, as ive personally found very different. I can reverse park in tight spaces without a problem after ive had 2. Dont get me wrong, i would never drink more than 2, and when i do drink, i space those 2 out across a whole night.
 
I always wonder what exactly is the drink drive limit and how do you know what is the right amount to stay under. It was said earlier that a pint is 2.5 units but is that Carlsberg at 4% or Stella at 5.2%. If its the former how many units is there in a Stella?

I dont generally drink, apart from the odd pint at lunch in work, and drive
 
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