Lower drink-drive limit supported
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From: Adrian on 18 Mar 2010 13:01 Silk <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> The morning after is the time when alcohol concentration in the blood >> is falling. Apparently you are less impaired when this is happening. > I'm very skeptical about the morning after thing. I doubt very much that > anyone is seriously impaired as long as they've had a decent night's > sleep, although I can't see how anyone can be at their best with a > hangover. I've certainly had mornings where I've still been _thoroughly_ impaired - with no hangover. Ah, memories of wandering round a French supermarket at about 11am, laughing my head off at all sorts of perfectly normal things, following helping some friends demolish a bottle or two of whisky after the bar closed.
From: Brimstone on 18 Mar 2010 13:03 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:80f4iuF518U22(a)mid.individual.net... > Silk <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > >>> The morning after is the time when alcohol concentration in the blood >>> is falling. Apparently you are less impaired when this is happening. > >> I'm very skeptical about the morning after thing. I doubt very much that >> anyone is seriously impaired as long as they've had a decent night's >> sleep, although I can't see how anyone can be at their best with a >> hangover. > > I've certainly had mornings where I've still been _thoroughly_ impaired - > with no hangover. > > Ah, memories of wandering round a French supermarket at about 11am, > laughing my head off at all sorts of perfectly normal things, following > helping some friends demolish a bottle or two of whisky after the bar > closed. Now I know you're a bullshitter.
From: Silk on 18 Mar 2010 13:06 On 18/03/2010 17:01, Adrian wrote: > Ah, memories of wandering round a French supermarket at about 11am, > laughing my head off at all sorts of perfectly normal things, That's called being mad.
From: Ret. on 18 Mar 2010 13:11 Bod wrote: > On 18/03/2010 16:49, Silk wrote: >> On 17/03/2010 09:22, Bod wrote: >>> I personally think the limit that we have now is strict enough. >>> Any lower and a lot of restaurants/pubs etc will all be closing en >>> masse, this due to diners being terrified at having even just one >>> glass of wine >>> with a meal. >>> >>> Most folk I know (including me) will only risk having one pint or 1 >>> glass of wine, as it stands now. >>> >>> Opinions? >> >> Well, I never drink at all when I'm likely to be driving as I can't >> afford to take any risks due to needing my licence for my job and >> normally I'd say zero would be a better limit as there would be no >> confusion as to what you can drink and stay under the limit - if you >> intend to drink, leave the car at home, simple - but, as others have >> said, you have to have some kind of limit to allow for the morning >> after and for some people who are probably ok having a small drink >> with a meal. > Yes, but if the limit is reduced, then it will put any diner who has > just one glass of wine with a meal, liable to be over the limit, which > is silly and unfair. > Folk will be put off going out for a meal and consequently we will > see a spate of restaurants going out of business. > Also, if someone has had a reasonably good drink the night before > (say, 4-5 pints), they stand every chance of failing the breath test > on their way to work the next morning. All true. I'm fortunate in that in my previous occupation I was able, on a couple of occasions, to 'borrow' a breathalyser kit and use it when I was off duty to judge the effect upon me of varying levels of drink. One glass of wine or a single pint was a definite 'negative' test. Even two of each never gave me a positive test - although three did. For that reason I never have more than one when driving just to be on the safe side. Kev
From: Adrian on 18 Mar 2010 13:16
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> I'm very skeptical about the morning after thing. I doubt very much >>> that anyone is seriously impaired as long as they've had a decent >>> night's sleep, although I can't see how anyone can be at their best >>> with a hangover. >> I've certainly had mornings where I've still been _thoroughly_ impaired >> - with no hangover. >> >> Ah, memories of wandering round a French supermarket at about 11am, >> laughing my head off at all sorts of perfectly normal things, following >> helping some friends demolish a bottle or two of whisky after the bar >> closed. > Now I know you're a bullshitter. Why? |