Help me on Drink Driving law 2018

Pauliedragon

It's very simple OP. Don't drive after having a pint.

Units are classed as 1/2 pint of regular beer, I pub measure of spirits (think that’s 35cl)or 100ml wine
They say over that and you’ll be over the limit
One unit takes approx 1 hour to leave your system
So a pint will take 2 hours.

People process alcohol at different rates - that’s why from a safety and prosecution perspective most say don’t drink even one unit of alcohol and then drive.
No idea who “they” are.

Hotblack Desiato

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Nonetheless my point was against graduated punishments.

Wait, what?
We have graduated punishments for every other offence, why not this one?
Punishment must fit the crime.

Why do you think does the law not say zero then?

Because that's impracticable and not justified on road safety grounds.

Would I drive with any alcohol on me now (regardless of the law)? Nope.

So, if you have a few pints on Friday night, would you drive Saturday afternoon? Your alcohol level will be low but it won't be zero. How long should people have to wait? 24h? And then if they are 1mg above a stupidly low limit they get punished the same as someone 200mg over? None of this makes a lick of sense.

Victor

Corb_lund wrote: »

The sanctimonious people are out in force. The law says 0.5 is fine so you saying nil is contradicting that.

Note that alcohol intoxication is not a linear scale.

At the legal limit, impairment would be slight for most people. Impairment would likely be higher for people who are also on other drugs (legal or not), are distracted / tired and/or hungry and those that are sensitive to alcohol.

At twice the legal limit, impairment is definitely present, although not severe.

At four times the legal limit, impairment is severe, and driving is profoundly unsafe.

At six times the legal limit, many alcohol users will be dead.

Pkiernan

What is the obsession so many Irish have with this poison?

_Brian

Discodog wrote: »

No but someone will get caught this morning taking their kids to GAA. They won't deliberately drink & drive. They had a few drinks at home last night & were sure that they were safe & under the limit this morning. They get the same ban as the guy who went to the pub & didn't give a damn.

Ahh wait a minute.
So to be over the limit say at 9am you would need to be drinking bery very late or have a serious skin of drink the night before.
Having a few drinks doesn’t put you over the next morning running the kids to GAA, that’s just pub talk.

endacl

Patww79 wrote: »

You've answered nothing that has been asked in reply to you.

Ever.

4ensic15

Discodog wrote: »

No but someone will get caught this morning taking their kids to GAA. They won't deliberately drink & drive. They had a few drinks at home last night & were sure that they were safe & under the limit this morning. They get the same ban as the guy who went to the pub & didn't give a damn.

Not necessarily. The ban is longer depending on the amount of alcohol in the blood.

Corb_lund

Victor wrote: »

Note that alcohol intoxication is not a linear scale.

At the legal limit, impairment would be slight for most people. Impairment would likely be higher for people who are also on other drugs (legal or not), are distracted / tired and/or hungry and those that are sensitive to alcohol.

At twice the legal limit, impairment is definitely present, although not severe.

At four times the legal limit, impairment is severe, and driving is profoundly unsafe.

At six times the legal limit, many alcohol users will be dead.

And all that is irrelevant up to the limit as per the law.. After that isn't really relevant.