How many pints can you drink before driving ?

[Nagel]

You'd be surprised how much was considered OK to drink and drive after, even as recently as the Seventies and Eighties. People would have no problem with going out to a country pub, drinking 4 pints and then driving home. Four pints was a common personal limit back then, no matter what the law said.

 

People forget very fast.

[JFKvsNixon]

You'd be surprised how much was considered OK to drink and drive after, even as recently as the Seventies and Eighties. People would have no problem with going out to a country pub, drinking 4 pints and then driving home. Four pints was a common personal limit back then, no matter what the law said.

 

People forget very fast.

 

It's interesting that in different countries drink driving doesn't have anywhere near the same stigma.

 

I remember seeing some American comedies where the one of the protagonist was trying to drive drunk, I also had a French roommate who didn't understand why no-one found his story about being too drunk to keep his car on a straight road funny.

[Cyclone]

Would you risk it though? Seriously? Would you drive home after 4 pints even if you had left it a few hours after that last pint?

 

No, you'd still be at the level of 3 pints, almost certainly over the limit and enough that I know my reactions would be impaired.

 

2 pints, over 2 hrs though. If your liver is working, and it's 3.5% beer, that's the same as having 1 pint and driving immediately.

 

I generally don't though. I sometimes have a shandy if I go to the pub after training and I don't feel the need to push it anymore than that.

 

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Assuming 1 hour metabolizes 1 unit of alcohol, after 4 hours supping 4 pints you could be legal..but lager is stronger these days so it's a big could.

I do know people who have around or more and drive. Never risk it myself.

 

1 pint of regular lager is 2 units. It's 8 hours to metabolise 4 pints.

[Mr Bloke]

For a definitive answer I suppose we'll have to Cyclone it?

Job done!

[Cyclone]

Job done!

 

Well, if you can't be bothered to look stuff up yourself...

 

Biotechpete had answered comprehensively before I did anyway, he wins the points.

[willman]

The older you get the easier to get drunk and the less speed the alcohol metabolises allegedly.

 

Cigarette smoking slows gastric emptying and as a consequence delays alcohol absorption.

Edited February 25, 2016 by willman

[smithy266]

I always limit myself to 4 pints. I wouldn't drive if I supped more than 4 pints.

 

I thank my lucky stars that I do not go out drinking with you then if you are driving. You are a wind-up or stupid.

[choogling]

Yeah. Eight pints of water.

 

see post 65

[trainwalker]

I thank my lucky stars that I do not go out drinking with you then if you are driving. You are a wind-up or stupid.

 

How do you come to that conclusion?. I'm not a wind up and not stupid either. I'm just fortunate that I can take my booze. Are you sure you wouldn't like to come out for 4 pints with me?.

[Orzel]

Something random.

Not that long ago workers in German factories were able to order a beer in canteen.

And then go onto operating potentially limb severing machinery.

I have visited Italian factory about three years ago.

They haven't had any alcohol in canteen but workers were bringing their own wine for lunch. Not only wine, they had proper quality italian meal.

This was considered normal.