BlueSmoke

http://cars.msn.co.uk/carnews/drinkd...5eb97120805dc0

If you ever needed another reason not to do it then hopefully the above will deter you.

Shocking results to be honest and actually makes me wonder if drinking two pints then driving, which is technically legal, is actually worth it....

Graceland

i've seen full force what happens as a victim of a drunk driver, thru personal experience, and it aint pretty

BlueSmoke

Didn't know that, mate.

Graceland

1988, dad was run over outside our house by a drunk taxi driver
1991 we go bankrupt as a reult of dad having a seriously broken leg and been unable to work

adamS2RST

I REALLY don't see the point of a couple of pints then driving....really And not everyone can have as much as that to be over the limit everyone is different to a degree. I personally never drink at all if I know I'm driving...I value my life/license and the safety of others....that's my view.

BlueSmoke

Shit mate, that's fookin terrible

Did you sue the taxi driver?

Adam, I really see no effect from 2 pints. I always drink Shandy when driving so I'm only taking it on at half a pint's worth a time and it's not a sudden intake of the 2 pints, which would hit harder.

I would be mortified tho if I ever hit anyone

The plod saw me come out of a pub and get in a car one time and followed and breathalysed me. I got a green light

Graceland

we extorted 120k out of the taxi drivers insurence company, that covered the banrupsy, morgage payments, and other arrears, left me dad with about 20k, bought himself that bmw he has 6 years ago, and has tied the rest up in investments for safety

BlueSmoke

Man that's not bad at all. But still, not nice what you all had to go through Must have been tough times. Was your dad able to work again after?

JxBabe

I'm the same... why drink at all if you know you're going to drive? Just drink soft drinks!

Graceland

tough times indeed - he's back at work, 10 years after getting run over he was declaired fit to drive buses again. lol

SupaMiniCupa

Interesting article. Especially as it gave specifics about how many units of alcohol it took to reach/near the legal limit. Not seen that before.

RichardPON

How do you mean?

Surely it's a percentage of alcohol in the blood, so it's EXACTLY the same for everyone.

If you mean how people absorb it/are affected by it, then that's a different matter........ although still not argueable.

SupaMiniCupa

Maybe what he means is if my body contains 9 pints of blood, and yours contains 10 pints of blood (for example), then I would become over the limit with a lower quantity of alcohol than you?

(Haven't a clue if thats how the human body works, mind!)

Edit: re-typed - I think I know what I mean!!

SS1

iTrader: (3)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT XMAS WARNING

2 CANS OF NORMAL SIZE STELLA CANS YOU ARE OVER THE LIMIT

A GOOD CLOSE FREIND WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER

JUST 2 TINS ..AND YOUR OVER THE LIMIT

now i know better

im never a killjoy JUST WATCH YOUR CANS

MERRY CRIMBO ALL OF YOU

REGARDS BAD COMPANY

boXXer

ok, to me, that sounds like you killed your friend whilst drink driving. or can i not read properly?

croppy

if ur know your gonna be driving why even have shandy
everyones different to the amount u can consume and also depends on what u've eaten

the police can be difficult enough with out giving them a reason to give u a hard time
which they will as soon as they smell drink

Alvyn

iTrader: (1)

IF your going to drink then DONT drive simply really!!!!!!

Mr C

iTrader: (2)

I too know the grief it can cause. My mother was run over by a drunk driver, in a borrowed car, un insured, outside our house waiting at the bus stop opposite on XMAS EVE `94.
She suffered broken arms, (one severed severely), cut legs, head and side, she needed skin grafts and plates in her arms and only regained some use of her fingers 3yrs later!!!

It is deverstating, the driver got community service after fleeing the scene and having a drink when he got home

Anybody I know that drink drives gets reported, Im making a fortune and protecting lives at the same time. Do the same

Merry xmas everybody.

Graceland

Mr C - do crimestoppers still give out 50 quid rewards for shopping a drunk driver?

ballin

iTrader: (1)

no ad is correct.....if two people drink exactly the same amount they won't get exactly the same results in a breath test.
some people can drink 1 pint and be over the limit, others can have 2/3.

St3V3_C

It's the morning after that worries me

Alvyn

iTrader: (1)

WHY???????????

if you've been on a heavy lash the night b4 DONT DRIVE in the morning as you maybe STILL over the legal limit! there's your answer no more worries