Over the Limit?

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I was sitting at home yesterday evening having a curry and a couple of beers when I began to think.... "If I want to drive somewhere later I won't be able to because I've had these beers"*

Now, it was around 18.30, I had 2 bottles of 5.5% lager with a curry (between 18.30 - 19.00), would I be over the limit at say 21.30, if I wanted to drive somewhere.



*I didn't drive anywhere later on - I was just wondering

javaboy

Emanuel Salmon Spirits wrote: »

Now, it was around 18.30, I had 2 bottles of 5.5% lager with a curry (between 18.30 - 19.00), would I be over the limit at say 21.30, if I wanted to drive somewhere.

There's no equation for it. Get a decent home breathalyser if you want to know.

Quazzie

If I've learnt nothing from the RSA ads I learnt Its ok to drink drive. its speeding and dogs on the roads that kills

Turd Ferguson

javaboy wrote: »

There's no equation for it.

1man + 2beers = 3road deaths

javaboy

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

1man + 2beers = 3road deaths

You forgot to factor in the 5.5% and the time delay between consumption and driving. Very worst case scenario is 0.38 road deaths according to my quackulations.

marzic

apparently it takes the auld bod 1 hour to process a unit of alco, which i believe is equal to half pint of beer. what size were the bottles?

ian_m

Probably not a good idea to drive. Imagine you were in an accident and you were asked if you had a drink, what would you say? Regardless of whether there was a smell of alcohol from your breath, over the limit or not, your position won't be considered favourable if questioned by a Garda, a judge or an insurance company.

What affects the amount of alcohol in your blood...

Quazzie

marzic wrote: »

apparently it takes the auld bod 1 hour to process a unit of alco, which i believe is equal to half pint of beer. what size were the bottles?

Thats not correct. That doesn't take into account if the consumer is of average weight, Male/female, hungry/full, straight/ghey

Nodin

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

straight/ghey

Indeed. Flamboyant drinking may skew the average result.

javaboy

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Thats not correct. That doesn't take into account if the consumer is of average weight, Male/female, hungry/full, straight/ghey

+1. I always found it to be a suspiciously convenient rule of thumb. 1 unit takes 1 hour. I assume that since it's used by various agencies to promote safe drinking that it errs on the side of caution. e.g. a skinny short hungry straight female who has recently given blood..... but then you never know. Personally I don't think authorities should be spouting out such general rules of thumb for something that is so variable.

javaboy

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

If I've learnt nothing from the RSA ads I learnt Its ok to drink drive. its speeding and dogs on the roads that kills

Judge: It's quite clear that you were going too fast to cope with the unexpected the dog should not have been out on the road like that.

Heyes

They say it takes approximately 1 hour for every drink, so if you have two hours you should not drive for AT LEAST two hours. I dont know however how truthful this is, it would also depend on the individuals build etc.

Best to just not drive at all, if had any drink at all.

biko

Stop drinking beer with food you alco

javaboy

biko wrote: »

Stop drinking beer with food you alco

What's worse is it was lager+curry. Boards.co.uk is thattaway

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Mark200

I was in a similar situation on Saturday actually. I went to a bar with a few friends to watch the Man Utd match. I had one of those 560ml bottles of Bulmers, and the guy gave me a ****load of ice which would have diluted it. But I didn't realise until I was almost finished my drink that we were going to go somewhere after, and I was the only one in the group that drives. So since I had one drink we had to get a bus, walk in the rain to get lunch and to go to the train station. Get a train. Walk 40 minutes in the extremely heavy rain to my friend's house. My shoes were still wet yesterday morning, and we got a taxi back that night. I didn't want to chance it because I didn't know how long it'd take for me to be ok to drive.

nevaeh-2die-4

Emanuel Salmon Spirits wrote: »

I was sitting at home yesterday evening having a curry and a couple of beers when I began to think.... "If I want to drive somewhere later I won't be able to because I've had these beers"*

Now, it was around 18.30, I had 2 bottles of 5.5% lager with a curry (between 18.30 - 19.00), would I be over the limit at say 21.30, if I wanted to drive somewhere.



*I didn't drive anywhere later on - I was just wondering

NEVER EVER DRINK AND DRIVE

celt262

Yeah but how long do you wait? If you had a drink at 1'o clock in the day should you drive atall that day after?

nevaeh-2die-4

celt262 wrote: »

Yeah but how long do you wait? If you had a drink at 1'o clock in the day should you drive atall that day after?

wait a year you should be fine anything before that your scum

tech77

Nodin wrote: »

Indeed. Flamboyant drinking may skew the average result.

LMAO

Robbo

Nodin wrote: »

Indeed. Flamboyant drinking may skew the average result.

As can the receptacle used, such as a furry cup.

BobTheBeat

Robbo wrote: »

As can the receptacle used, such as a furry cup.

Important to consider the bore of said receptacle; i.e. that of a wizards sleeve or, the empty cardboard tube from toilet roll.

Carry on.

Turd Ferguson

Nodin wrote: »

Indeed. Flamboyant drinking may skew the average result.

Depends on what (or who) they're drinking