I'd sooner pay that than live with the guilt of ruining someone else's life due to my own selfishness. Go to the local store, by a 4-pack, drink them at home if you just want a drink. You want to drink socially, be responsible.
Yep the generations of piss heads are slowly fading away, these new kids on the block are not interested in boozing like we were, hence why all the pubs are closing down, it's not the 80s/90s anymore, them days are gone
Well the car has headlights, me walking doesn’t. I hardly think I am risking lives on 2 pints of low abv beer
And your last line says an awful lot about our nanny state.
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6,000 bollocks. A quick Google search show an estimate of 260 in 2024.
No ambiguity at all, if your still pissed or hungover don't drive.
That's black and white, it's also obvious.
Eh? Where have you heard that..."It's why virtually no one drinks in Oz (Sydney) from Sunday until Friday.."
It's not after you've finished your last drink, it's a soon as you start drinking because your body start metabolising it straight away. So technically if you drunk a pint over 2 hours there wouldn't be much in your system.
So guesswork then. A lot of people will be losing their licence.
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I think they are erring on the side of caution there. It's a very simplified view. They aren't asking how long you were drinking for, just when you stopped. If you neck 4 pints in an hour then stop you'll have more in your system 9 hours later than if you had 4 pints over 4 hours.Yes guesswork.
The calculation here actually adds a few hours onto my estimate. Putting it at 9am for 4 pints of 568ml beer at 2.3 units to clear
Safe to drive morning after drinking? - Confused.com
How long does it take for alcohol to leave your system? Use this blood alcohol content calculator to find out how much over the drink-drive limit you are.
But I'm sure meeting in the middle assuming they are playing it safe when their estimations. This is a car insurance company after all! Then perhaps 8am is probably a more reasonable answer. And at that point you are either clear altogether or very near to being clear and comfortably under the limit.
The tricky bit is for shift workers who do say a 6am start. They really have to be careful on knowing when to stop as they'll be on the road a fair bit earlier than your typical day shift worker.
The whole point of it is that you aren't driving intoxicated. Many people's tolerances are different. Two pints for you might be nothing, for others it might make them impaired. Hence the need for lowering.
What about the people who crash when they are completely sober, What's their excuse?