You can't calculate your alcohol limit
There is no failsafe guide as to how to stay under the legal alcohol limit or how much you can drink and still drive safely. It can depend on many factors such as:
- Weight
- Sex
- Age
- Metabolism
- Stress levels
- Amount of food eaten
- Amount and type of alcohol consumed.
Any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive safely as your reaction times are impaired and you're unable to judge speed and distances accurately. The only safe option is not to drink if you plan to drive. And never offer a drink to someone who is driving.
If you're convicted of drink driving you'll:
- Lose your licence for at least 12 months (which could mean you lose your job)
- Face a maximum fine of £5,000
- Face up to six months in prison
- Pay up to three times as much for car insurance
The Body
- The legal limit in the UKis 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
- But there is no failsafe guide as to how much you can drink and stay under the limit.
- It can depend on many factors such as the amount and type of alcoholic drink, your weight, sex, age, food intake and metabolism.
- The only safe option is not to drink any alcohol if you plan to drive and never offer an alcoholic drink to anyone else who is driving.
- Alcohol affects your ability to drive safely as your reaction times are impaired and you're unable to judge speed and distances.
- People who drive at twice the current legal alcohol level are at least 50 times more likely to be involved in a fatal car crash.
- And if you think you won't get caught, more than half a million breath tests are carried out each year and on average 100,000 are found to be positive
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