Lower drink-drive limit supported
in [UK Drivers]
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From: Bod on 19 Mar 2010 06:31 On 19/03/2010 10:27, Adrian wrote: > Adrian<toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying: > >>>>> at least until the ABV of your blood is equal to that of the beer, >>>>> but then you will have some serious problems. > >>>> <grin> > >>> If the ABV equalled the amount of beer in your blood, wouldn't one be >>> dead by then? > >> <sigh> >> Well, you _might_ still be posting on Usenet. >> >> The UK drink-drive limit is roughly equivalent to 94ppm. 4.5% is >> 45,000ppm. >> So 4.5% ABV blood would be just shy of 480 times the legal drink-drive >> limit. > > Actually, ignore that... > > It's 0.08% BAC (I was misreading the Wiki page - http://en.wikipedia.org/ > wiki/Blood_alcohol_content - and, yes, I fully expect the bad jokes about > "must still be pissed"...) so "only" 56 times. > > Ok. Put the glass down and walk away from the bar! :-) (couldn't resist). Bod
From: Dave Plowman on 19 Mar 2010 06:28 In article <hntlpi$v01$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > 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. If someone is still over the limit the next day after a normal night's sleep they likely have an alcohol problem. And those with alcohol problems ain't very good at observing drink drive laws. -- *People want trepanners like they want a hole in the head* Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Adrian on 19 Mar 2010 06:34 Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Ok. > Put the glass down and walk away from the bar! :-) <double-checks> No, definitely tea.
From: Adrian on 19 Mar 2010 06:35 Dave Plowman <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> And that's ignoring the detail that after downing that kind of volume >> of beer in that kind of time, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest >> if the units that actually hit your blood were a lot lower. I wonder if >> anybody's ever measured the ABV of urine towards the end of a >> session...? > Yes - anyone over the limit the next day has had a skinful. If it were a > one off - fair enough - but who other than one with a drink problem > would do this if they knew they had to drive first thing the next day? You seem to be assuming that they were doing it at home - and not at a party or similar.
From: Bod on 19 Mar 2010 06:38
On 19/03/2010 10:35, Adrian wrote: > Dave Plowman<dave(a)davesound.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >>> And that's ignoring the detail that after downing that kind of volume >>> of beer in that kind of time, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest >>> if the units that actually hit your blood were a lot lower. I wonder if >>> anybody's ever measured the ABV of urine towards the end of a >>> session...? > >> Yes - anyone over the limit the next day has had a skinful. If it were a >> one off - fair enough - but who other than one with a drink problem >> would do this if they knew they had to drive first thing the next day? > > You seem to be assuming that they were doing it at home - and not at a > party or similar. > > What difference would that make? (assuming the drinker got a lift home after a party). Bod |