drink legal limit question

miju

while i know the actual legal limit i dont know what it equates to in pints / bottles

always something that's confused me , so can someone tell me what would put you over the limit

1 pint?
1 bottle of bud?
2 bottles of bud?

Bluetonic

It's a question that you won't be able to get a definitive answer on.

It depends on a number of factors such as body weight, body fat, when you've eaten last, how tired you are etc.., etc..,

There are too many paramaters which change each time you try and work it out.

Seth Brundle

I found this

* Under the Road Traffic Act, 1994, the permitted blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.
* In urine, the equivalent level is 107 mg, and in breath it is 35 mg.
* In addition to motorised vehicles, the drink-driving limits also apply to push bikes and animal-drawn vehicles.
* There is no general guideline as to how much alcohol can be consumed before reaching the legal limit. This is due to the wide range of factors determining BAC (eg, speed of drinking, health, state of mind, whether have eaten, etc).
* There is no such thing as a 'safe' drink-driving limit. Even at the legal limit of 80 mg, a driver is six times more likely to have an accident.

In the UK they use units to help estimate your legal limit but as mentioned, other factors can change your ability to absorb and dispose of the alcohol, The links below give a description of what is rougly allowed (the UK has the same limit as here)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3303805.stm
http://www.drinkingandyou.com/site/uk/drive.htm
http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/Alcoholandyou/Facts/units.html

seamus

As Bluetonic says, it's something which depends on far more than "drink this much and you'll be fine", and what may put you over the limit today may not put you over the limit tomorrow, and vice-versa.

As a personal rule, a normal-build, normal-height, normal-weight man will be safe on a single bottle of normal-strength lager or a small glass of white wine. But I just make a habit of not drinking at all if I'm driving.

cjs

Dont drink if you know your driving no matter how much you think you can drink its just not worth it with all the road deaths in the past number of years

miju

ah ok nice one