Finished drinking vodka at 5am. Can I drive now?

NewMan1982 · 14-12-2019 01:36PM

Have a line of coke before you drive. That will keep you alert.

14-12-2019 01:37PM

smelly sock wrote: »

We've all drove the morning after a heavy night. No need for the moral high horse brigade.

I can safely say I haven't.

BDI · 14-12-2019 01:38PM

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Actually, seems most people here have some morals and ethics.
For those who don't care and do it anyways, they're the reason drunk driving incidents happen. Disgusting.

I wonder how many accidents involving more than one person are caused by drink taken from the night before?

pgj2015 · 14-12-2019 01:39PM

you may feel like you are safe to drive BUT there are a lot of very bad drivers out there, especially at this time of year, people are day dreaming about christmas and stressed out about buying some present for their kids, these are the sort of idiots who will crash into you. someone did exactly that to me lately, guess what happened. the guards breathalyzed both of us, i was ok as i hadnt drank in weeks but you will fail the test if something similar happens you.

4JAKE · 14-12-2019 01:39PM

You should be ok to drive Tuesday or Wednesday

pgj2015 · 14-12-2019 01:40PM

BDI wrote: »

I wonder how many accidents involving more than one person are caused by drink taken from the night before?

A huge number i was told by a guard.

Johnny Sausage · 14-12-2019 01:40PM

smelly sock wrote: »

We've all drove the morning after a heavy night. No need for the moral high horse brigade.

Ok captain edgelord

K.Flyer · 14-12-2019 01:41PM

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

I'd say you have a step ladder to get up onto that horse.

I make no apologies for detesting drink drivers.
One put my two children in hospital a week before Christmas some years back and another ran me over, so all I say is Fcuk drink drivers, Fcuk their license, Crush their Fcuking cars and ban them forever.
The horse isn't high enough on this subject.

Pherekydes · 14-12-2019 01:42PM

Liamalone wrote: »

Incorrect, an hour for every unit.

It depends on several other factors: body mass, age, ability to metabolise alcohol.

The question, as posed, is unanswerable.

Liamalone · 14-12-2019 01:44PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

It depends on several other factors: body mass, age, ability to metabolise alcohol.

The question, as posed, is unanswerable.

Very true, it's only a guideline.

dxhound2005 · 14-12-2019 01:50PM

pgj2015 wrote: »

you may feel like you are safe to drive BUT there are a lot of very bad drivers out there, especially at this time of year, people are day dreaming about christmas and stressed out about buying some present for their kids, these are the sort of idiots who will crash into you. someone did exactly that to me lately, guess what happened. the guards breathalyzed both of us, i was ok as i hadnt drank in weeks but you will fail the test if something similar happens you.

Other idiots may be thinking of problems at work, Liverpool football club, or the price of bacon.

endofrainbow · 14-12-2019 02:24PM

Tell the guards someone one Boards.ie said it was ok to drive

Beau Bennett · 14-12-2019 02:34PM

Unless you are driving a lorry, encountering guards on the road is a rare thing these days so I would just drive.

At this stage you are no more dangerous than someone using their phone while driving, which is far more popular.

sdanseo · 14-12-2019 02:35PM

pgj2015 wrote: »

A huge number i was told by a guard.

10% of alcohol related accidents according to the RSA ad on the radio. Which extrapolated from the fact that 40% of fatalities involve alcohol would lead you to believe morning after driving kills around 6 people a year.

Speed and Alcohol will always be the most heavily enforced moving road offences because they are measured by a device, not the human brain, and virtually uncontestable in court assuming the Guard turns up.

Speed is easy to slip on. Keeping up with traffic, unsuitably low limits, and so on. But you are in full control of your car.

Alcohol on the other hand you are not in control. And it's much more easily easily avoided. Just don't drive and plan your night around not having the car. I'm no lightweight but know full well that by the time my 2nd pint is finished judgement is already a little looser. Yes, there is a 99.99% chance I'd drive safely and not be caught, but it's not worth the risk.

14-12-2019 02:38PM

Drive on M'Lad

BDI · 14-12-2019 02:49PM

sdanseo wrote: »

10% of alcohol related accidents according to the RSA ad on the radio. Which extrapolated from the fact that 40% of fatalities involve alcohol would lead you to believe morning after driving kills around 6 people a year.

Speed and Alcohol will always be the most heavily enforced moving road offences because they are measured by a device, not the human brain, and virtually uncontestable in court assuming the Guard turns up.

Speed is easy to slip on. Keeping up with traffic, unsuitably low limits, and so on. But you are in full control of your car.

Alcohol on the other hand you are not in control. And it's much more easily easily avoided. Just don't drive and plan your night around not having the car. I'm no lightweight but know full well that by the time my 2nd pint is finished judgement is already a little looser. Yes, there is a 99.99% chance I'd drive safely and not be caught, but it's not worth the risk.

Are you factoring in that most alcohol related deaths are at night not in the morning after having a sleep? I don’t even know how many die a year so I’m not calling you wrong I’m just wondering.

I’d have thought nearly all alcohol related deaths were young lads driving home from the nightclub down the country.

sdanseo · 14-12-2019 03:39PM

BDI wrote: »

Are you factoring in that most alcohol related deaths are at night not in the morning after having a sleep? I don’t even know how many die a year so I’m not calling you wrong I’m just wondering.

I’d have thought nearly all alcohol related deaths were young lads driving home from the nightclub down the country.

Morning after in my post meaning having had a sleep.

harry Bailey esq · 14-12-2019 03:44PM

Mulbert wrote: »

Depends on what type of car you drive op.

The colour is also a factor. Somebody suggested booking another night, having a few more and having an early one tonight if it's possible. Personally, I wouldn't chance it.

KaneToad · 14-12-2019 03:48PM

smelly sock wrote: »

We've all drove the morning after a heavy night. No need for the moral high horse brigade.

No we haven't.

Mantis Toboggan · 14-12-2019 03:59PM

Depends OP after a good solid sleep and a full Irish you wouldn't be "under the influence" of alcohol as such but it would still be in your system so you would fail the breathalyser.

Pherekydes · 14-12-2019 04:10PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Depends OP after a good solid sleep and a full Irish you wouldn't be "under the influence" of alcohol as such but it would still be in your system so you would fail the breathalyser.

If it's in your system you would most definitely be under the influence.

Perhaps you mean that the influence would be somewhat reduced?

cj maxx · 14-12-2019 04:16PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Depends OP after a good solid sleep and a full Irish you wouldn't be "under the influence" of alcohol as such but it would still be in your system so you would fail the breathalyser.

I keep a breathalyser in my car for such a scenario.
Even after a full breakfast, loads of water it can read high. Also a standard measure of vodka has 1.4 units not 1

Mantis Toboggan · 14-12-2019 04:19PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

If it's in your system you would most definitely be under the influence.

Perhaps you mean that the influence would be somewhat reduced?

Yeah just because it's in your system doesn't mean that you're under the influence.

Most drugs stay in your system for a few days but they might not be alternating your behaviour.

14-12-2019 04:39PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Yeah just because it's in your system doesn't mean that you're under the influence.

Most drugs stay in your system for a few days but they might not be alternating your behaviour.

That's not how this works. Different drugs have different lifespans and effects, some may technically be still in your system but they have become chemically inert.

Alcohol will continue to affect you until it is finished being processed by the liver and removed from your body.

minikin · 14-12-2019 04:50PM

Gardai in Athleague are manning roadblocks to keep an eye out for a drunk farmer driving a 142 VW Golf with an uncharged phone and a load of concrete and bullock carcasses in the boot.

Get a taxi home and pick up the car tomorrow when you’re less likely to make a statistic out of innocent road users.

CountingCrows · 14-12-2019 04:53PM

Waternotsoda wrote: »

Had Xmas party last night. I was drinking vodka until 5am. I am now in hotel lobby 12.10pm wondering if its safe for me to get behind the wheel of a car. I need to drive for an hour. Feel OK but guards.

3 hours and nothing back from the OP. He obviously took a chance and is now dead. RIP

tommyIV · 14-12-2019 04:57PM

No.

Of course not.

Why are you even asking?

But the fact you are asking means you will focus on the one or two posts that say it might be ok to reinforce a decision you have already made.

At least drive slow.

CountingCrows · 14-12-2019 04:59PM

tommyIV wrote: »

At least drive slow.

Tommy he's dead, move on.

silver2020 · 14-12-2019 05:04PM

Pity the New Zealand system is not in force. They have official information posters telling you how to calculate your alcohol limit and alsoy located next to an alcohol testing machine.

The general rule of thumb is men - 3 drinks over 2 hours, ladies 2 drinks over 2 hours.

Their driving limit is now the same as here.

drink is a bottle 330ml of beer @ 4%, a standard glass of wine or a 30ml measure of spirits @ 40%$

A unit is processed by your body each hour, limit is 3 units. So if the OP had 20 units (allow for fuzzy memory), they would need 17 hours from when the started the evening. - Lets say 8pm, so, 1pm would be the safe time for driving based on 20 units.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/289290/%27the-limit-is-not-zero%27

smelly sock · 14-12-2019 05:49PM

circadian wrote: »

I can safely say I haven't.

I think you're telling porkies.

Finished drinking vodka at 5am. Can I drive now?

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