How long after drinking are you allowed to drive?

[SneakyBanana]

Last night it was my birthday party and i got plastered, my last drink at around 1am and its 14:36 now, do you think im allowed to drive.

I have to drive around 120 miles, going to Dublin for my birthday...

Im an 'R' driver so im not allowed any drink in my system when driving.

[Toasty]

Depends how much you drunk...

Its something like a unit of alcohol goes each hour.

[Priam]

Nope. You're not allowed to drive yet.

One glass of beer takes around 2 hours to get out of your system, you do the math.

[SneakyBanana]

Depends how much you drunk...

Its something like a unit of alcohol goes each hour.

i had

19 units of vodka and full bottle of apple sourz which is 15% 700ml, dont know the units and 3 jagerbombs at around 2 units each.

So 25 units + the sourz that would be like 36 hours!? seriously is it one hour per unit O_O

[Tasdik]

Next time don't drink so much. = p

[Priam]

Don't take it too literal, 36 hours might be a bit much. For your amount i'd say about 12 hours, to completely vanish.

Btw.

How Farking drunk are you, you should be able to figure out yourself that you won't be able to drive, with that amount of drinks. You'll get people killed.

[Toasty]

Depends how much you drunk...

Its something like a unit of alcohol goes each hour.

i had

19 units of vodka and full bottle of apple sourz which is 15% 700ml, dont know the units and 3 jagerbombs at around 2 units each.

So 25 units + the sourz that would be like 36 hours!? seriously is it one hour per unit O_O

On average, the body can break down alcohol at a rate of one unit per hour (depending on your weight, sex, age, metabolism, stress levels, amount of food eaten, medication taken and type of alcohol consumed.

So yeah, they probably exagerate as much as they can but its something like that.

I never listen to that kind of stuff anyway. Many people recover a lot quicker, and so can drive a lot sooner or vice versa. You, yourself know how you feel. If you still feel bad, dont drive.

If i have a real bad hangover i avoid driving till night-time or something, but sometimes ya obviouslly just have to drive and you gotta take the risk (if your some "sensible" retard who cant even drive and going to say something stupid like, "ooh your drink driving.. you could hurt some innocent person" dont bother replying).

[Locketart]

Cops don't pull you over for no reason. Just make sure you're good enough to know you won't swerve all over the road.

[SneakyBanana]

I feel 100% fine, i had like 7 hours sleep, breakfast, lunch, 2 litres of water and 2 painkillers.

I think i'll just stick to the speed limits all the way and take the back roads when i can, the hotel is booked so i have to get there.

I just wanted to know if i was taking a risk so i know to drive like a granny or not. Lets just hope i dont end up in some irish jail with big betty.

[Priam]

That's what all those people said when they actually did create an accident drunk.

"I felt fine".

[SneakyBanana]

That's what all those people said when they actually did create an accident drunk.

"I felt fine".

Yeah 'those people' who couldnt walk in a straight line or see two feet in front of themselves.

[Priam]

That's not always been the case.

Sorry for my agitation, I might be old-fashioned, but i can't stand people whom drive when having recently drank alchohol.

You just don't drink when you have to drive.

Period.

I know one beer is allowed, but even that is stupid. Just don't do it.

So many people die from this stupidity.

[cin]

I know one beer is allowed, but even that is stupid. Just don't do it.

agreed here.

when i drive, i don't drink a single drop of alcohol.
and i drive a lot when we're going out with friends.

[Priam]

Same.

Most of my friends don't have the time or money to get their license, so i'm usually the designated driver. When driving, i'll never ever drink alcohol. Sorry, but doing so is just stupid, you're driving, so you're not drinking, easy as that.

[Wu]

You just don't drink when you have to drive.

Period.

Going to have to +1 that.

It's not just about not getting pulled over by the cops, it's about driving safe in general. After 3-4 beers most people feel just fine and you are still far from drunk but it will still have it's impact on your reactions in traffic.

[Blindfire]

Google a sobriety test and take it. If you pass you are probably ok.

[BlackFox898]

when we learned about drinking and driving in Canada, there was a graph, it depends on your weight and consumption, if your a really small guy it will be a while, if not you probably take a few hours at least

[klokus]

Don't drive if you took painkillers... Increases your reaction-time..

[inky]

Unlike the others above my post, I'm not that strict about drinking and driving. 1 or 2 cans of beer IMO is okay for some people after a few minutes of fresh air. Seriously, 1 or 2 cans of beer won't do shit to most people but if it did give you a buzz, hand the key to someone sober.

Blood alcohol content has several determining factors: weight, age, gender, body type, height, metabolism. The legal limit is 0.08% (although if I were you, aim a bit lower since you're already slightly impaired by this time) and I seriously doubt a cop would stop you for a breathalyzer test if there wasn't anything wrong with your driving - so if they did, think of it as a good thing.

But I would really advice you against driving after drinking hard liquor such as vodka because the "hit" seems to come later on rather than immediately.

[MrTwilliger]

Cops don't pull you over for no reason. Just make sure you're good enough to know you won't swerve all over the road.

Have you heard of random breath testing? They conduct a lot of them around my area, i usually get pulled over every friday after work to get randomly breath tested, my area is one of the worst in my state for crashes.

Also if you know you are going to drink and drive home the next day (as much as i hate people doing it, i agree with priam here) you can buy disposable breath testers. They aren't too expensive, if you can afford to run a car than you can afford one of those. When you decide you should leave, you blow into it and it gives you your reading. A one time only thing i think, I've never used one myself but i remember old school teachers telling me about them. Look in your local hardware store.

[quote=inky]and I seriously doubt a cop would stop you for a breathalyzer test if there wasn't anything wrong with your driving[/quote]
They do a lot though. Out in Australia we have roadside RBA's quit frequently. What this means is they set up 2-3 cop cars on the side of a road and pull in every car that drives past for a random breath test, now matter how well you were driving. Obviously though if all 3 cars are busy then you can drive straight through. Also the BAl is 0.05% here, which makes a dam lot more sense to me. In theory that's around 1.5 standard drinks i think, after 1.5 standard drinks im tipsy and i know i could never drive home on that safely (im a lightweight, i wont deny it). Getting behind the well after having any form of alcohol, no matter how big or small, seems like the worst idea i could ever think of :/

[Locketart]

Cops don't pull you over for no reason. Just make sure you're good enough to know you won't swerve all over the road.

Have you heard of random breath testing? They conduct a lot of them around my area, i usually get pulled over every friday after work to get randomly breath tested, my area is one of the worst in my state for crashes.

Also if you know you are going to drink and drive home the next day (as much as i hate people doing it, i agree with priam here) you can buy disposable breath testers. They aren't too expensive, if you can afford to run a car than you can afford one of those. When you decide you should leave, you blow into it and it gives you your reading. A one time only thing i think, I've never used one myself but i remember old school teachers telling me about them. Look in your local hardware store.

You're applying your area's random breath testing to everyone else's area?

[MrTwilliger]

It's not like my area is the only place that gets them, everywhere in my state get them (im not sure how the other states are done, never visited them before). I'm going by the assumptions that such programs exist in other countries as well, it makes a lot of sense to me.

[Toasty]

Never seen random breath testing in England.

Well apart from Christmas.

[SidiousX]

I know one beer is allowed, but even that is stupid. Just don't do it.

agreed here.

when i drive, i don't drink a single drop of alcohol.