Seriously ****** off - been threatened with the police by college.

NiCkNaMe said:
Delusion or not, I drove for 3 years to Sixth form and went out pretty much every monday night... getting in at 2-3am.. and driving at 8.30am. I drank heavy, and not once did I come close to an accident, or have any type of incidents... hell majority of the people there did it.
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Ah right then, you've not had an accident in three years and other people in the world are drink-driving, lets not worry about killing people then.

You'll notice that you've also just probably admitted to two years of underage drinking and I'm hoping not a year of underage driving!
 
I've worked it out for me.

All those drinks add up to 12 units.

80mg.org.uk - On average, alcohol is metabolised and removed from the bloodstream at about one unit per hour, starting one hour after the first drink.

So for me that would start at 9.30pm. Twelve hours later at 9.30am I would have 0 units left in me. This means at 9:00 am I would have had 0.5 units.

The legal limit is 4 units (I think). Therefore, I'd have been clear and I'll make this known to the tutor, after she decided to call me a liar.

:)
 
am i right in thinking its nothing to do with her? and if you are actually drunk in lectures then i can understand but if she can just smell it so what?

i mean today during dinner we went for a few pints and you could smell it on our breath, but yet they dont bother.

-Neon
 
Shock said:
The legal limit is 4 units (I think). Therefore, I'd have been clear and I'll make this known to the tutor, after she decided to call me a liar.
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No, according to a calculation you made using an AVERAGE variable you would have been clear. That's hardly concrete evidence.
 
Shock said:
I've worked it out for me.

All those drinks add up to 12 units.

80mg.org.uk - On average, alcohol is metabolised and removed from the bloodstream at about one unit per hour, starting one hour after the first drink.

So for me that would start at 9.30pm. Twelve hours later at 9.30am I would have 0 units left in me. This means at 9:00 am I would have had 0.5 units.

The legal limit is 4 units (I think). Therefore, I'd have been clear and I'll make this known to the tutor, after she decided to call me a liar.

:)
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AFAIK the limit is 80mg per 100 millilitres of blood, and this can equate to different amounts of units depending on build etc.

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The legal drink-drive limit is 80mg per 100 millilitres of blood.

But this cannot easily be translated into alcohol units as it can be affected by build, sex, whether food has been eaten, and a host of other factors.
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Also, I've read an article not so long ago, which suggested that a more realistic figure would be to say the body processes 1 unit every 2 hours assuming enough water was taken onboard to re-hydrate the body.

But whatever, the general concensus is that the rate at which you "sober up" is different for everybody and there is no conclusive formula to work it out.
 
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I have driven after a night on the lash and I thank god I drove back on country lanes, I felt fine, but then realised I was in the middle of the bloody road about to run over a flock of chickens, not done it since. DD gets you with your trousers down. :(
 
JohnnyG said:
I'd check again if I were you, 2 1/2 pints of Stella is 7.5 units alone:)
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When I first read this thread I worked out that the OP could have been over the limit when he drove. So the lecturers motives made a certain amount of sense to me.
 
Actually your intake was at least 15 units, so when you got in your car you were still over the legal limit, assuming your body processes alcohol averagely:)
 
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NiCkNaMe said:
I was being sarky big man, hence the wink ;)

I don't see how its drink driving if you've had a good 6 hours sleep and feel totally fine in the morning!! I bet there's hardly any evidence to prove your still a risk the morning after and I bet you'l be hard pushed to find any accurate figures!
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How wrong you are,

Mate of mine got done the next morning after having 7 hours kip, you know why he got done, not because of his driving, he was pulled because of a cracked rear light, he got pulled, they smelt booze test done on the spot, he was still quite a bit over the limit. And i am glad he got done. Its taught him a lesson and he is far better for it.

But your ignorance is unforgivable :mad:

I hope you get done the next time you try it fella, my girlfriend was killed in a crash cause of some drunken ****!!
 
I do wish people would get off the band wagon, drunk driving is bad, drink driving is a grey area you have all been brain washed into equating with drunk driving.

I'd rather be driving behind someone who had a skinful the night before but a good nights sleep than someone who stayed up all night but was tee total.

Why not get on the case of the truck drivers breaking the law by driving all day and all night? They cause massive pile ups on motorways killing scores of people.

Why not? Because the government and the media haven't told you to yet.
 
Telescopi said:
I do wish people would get off the band wagon, drunk driving is bad, drink driving is a grey area you have all been brain washed into equating with drunk driving.

I'd rather be driving behind someone who had a skinful the night before but a good nights sleep than someone who stayed up all night but was tee total.

Why not get on the case of the truck drivers breaking the law by driving all day and all night? They cause massive pile ups on motorways killing scores of people.

Why not? Because the government and the media haven't told you to yet.
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Have to say I totally disagree with your sentiments on drink/ drunk driving and agree with you sentiments about driving tired although I wouldn't classify it as worse just a similar type of bad.

You can't test for sleep deprevation though but you can make checking of tacos comprehnsive

MB
 
Telescopi said:
I do wish people would get off the band wagon, drunk driving is bad, drink driving is a grey area you have all been brain washed into equating with drunk driving.
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No, drink driving means less skill on the roads, means more people being killed.

I'm not saying that there aren't many other legitimate reasons for encouraging someone not to drive, but that doesn't make drink driving any more acceptable. The government does what you might call "brainwashing" for a reason - because it saves lives. Whatever conspiracy theory you might be believing in, that's a good thing.
 
Matblack said:
Have to say I totally disagree with your sentiments on drink/ drunk driving and agree with you sentiments about driving tired although I wouldn't classify it as worse just a similar type of bad.

You can't test for sleep deprevation though but you can make checking of tacos comprehnsive

MB
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I echo these sentiments wholeheartedly.

Burnsy
 
Driving under the influence is just stupid. There are enough idiots on the road who are sober... it is not brainwashing, a conspiracy or some sort of New Labour scheme to milk people dry. It is common bloody sense.
 
PinkPig said:
The government does what you might call "brainwashing" for a reason - because it saves lives. Whatever conspiracy theory you might be believing in, that's a good thing.
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Like speed cameras save lives?
 
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