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All very true: many factors will alter the rate at which a person metabolises alcohol, so the only logical guidance the Government can give is NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE.

But if you are willing to spend £80 or so on an Alcosense meter and conduct a series of home experiments you will get a good idea of your ability to metabolise alcohol. I know that provided I do not drink before a meal I can have 2 x glasses of red wine with the meal and within 2 hours of finishing the meal I will show zero on the meter. The more meat and fat in the meal the slower the alcohol is adsorbed.

At 1 hour it will be between 20 and 30, so legal even in Scotland, but I wouldn't drive.

Even so I always check with the machine before driving.

Also I know that the same 2 glasses on an empty stomach will take me very close to the limit!

We found the same thing. Two glasses with a meal puts me on the edge. MissW who is only 8st is over the limit after two. The following morning I'm clear but she still shows some alcohol. It's a good game at Christmas in the comfort of your own home.

Reminds me of a Jethro joke, where having missed the last bus from Penzance, decided to steal a bus, from the bus station, to get home to Redruth.
Jethro waited outside whilst his friend Denzil went into the bus station.
After quite a long time Denzil appeared driving the bus.
"Why have you taken so long?" Asked Jethro.

"Well" said Denzil "The bus for Redruth was parked at the back"

When I lived in Holland the plod didn't need a reason to stop & breath test you.

Two favorites were firstly to stop people coming off the Hoek van Holland overnight ferry and secondly mid morning on a Sunday.

We should have that in the UK.

I agree never drink & drive.

Just don't do it when you are driving, here is a post from the local Constabulary about a very successful operation they recently carried out. The results appeared on local TV and press so was very effective.

I certainly wouldn't rely on any machine to check my alcohol level, it's only electronics that is made for a price. Great for a bit of home entertainment but not worth risking someone else's life or your license with.



Devon & Cornwall Police
16 December at 16:34 ·
Major operation targets poor driving, traffic offences and criminality in Plymouth area
From the evening of Monday 12th December and into the morning and afternoon of 13th December 2016, roads policing officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset police took part in a day of high profile activity concentrated on Plymouth’s city centre roads and the A38 corridor from Plymouth into Cornwall.
106 offences were detected during the short, intensive operation.
The operation employed liveried and un-liveried roads policing vehicles equipped with automatic number plate recognition equipment (ANPR) and an unmarked HGV lorry cab was also used, giving officers a birds-eye viewpoint of drivers committing offences such as using mobile phones while on the move.
40 drivers were identified committing an offence by using their mobile phones behind the wheel.
13 vehicles were seized because the drivers were uninsured.
There were two arrests for drug driving and 12 vehicles were banned from the road for being unroadworthy.
A 17 year old tractor driver on the A38 had his license endorsed and was given a £100 fine for using his mobile phone to check Snapchat while driving. He was caught by officers using an unmarked car.
On the morning of Tuesday 13th, a dozen drivers were given verbal advice for driving with alcohol in their system, classic cases of “the morning after”.
Chief Inspector Adrian Leisk, Head of Roads Policing, Alliance Operations Department explained: “Drivers must understand that if their judgement is impaired because of alcohol or drugs, then being “under the limit” will not prevent them from being arrested and possibly prosecuted.”
“It takes one hour to process one unit of alcohol. If you’ve been out and had a lot of alcohol to drink late into the night and are thinking of driving the next day, you do the maths. It’s not worth the risk to yourself, other road users and pedestrians.”
Read the full story on the Devon and Cornwall Police website:
https://goo.gl/nGhhSZ

I'm constantly amazed at the number of people I see using hand held mobile phones or texting whilst at the wheel, both in France and in the UK; usually driving erratically while they do so.

The recent horrendous fatal accidents involving phone users, the publicity campaigns and increasingly draconian penalties don't seem to be making much of an impact on people's conduct. It's inexcusable - particularly as hands free devices are so readily available.

I'm pretty sure I'm remembering the figure of a £300 fine and 6 points on your license for the mobile offence is about to be rolled out, not before time lets hope it does the job.

The magistrate should also be empowered to smash the offender's mobile phone with a hammer.

there is a certain irony in that the younger generation are really very good at not drinking and driving but are the worst when it comes to mobile phone use.