Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 391418)

The original point never mentioned 1 pint, you dragged that one in to it :D

Originally Posted by Crabby (Post 390586)

I Believe the government are attempting to cut the level of alcohol a driver can have in his blood by half whilst driving, it may be being tagged on when they apply to allow random breath testing by the police.
So all the hard working people who like to have a decent drink of an evening will be over the limit the following morning.
This will make no difference to the hard core of T*****s that insist on driving whilst drunk
When will the government learn! :(:(

Originally Posted by chav1 (Post 391415)

you see the topics getting shifted again , the orgional point is that 1 pint does not make you a drunk driver but poeple insist on bringing up a heavy nights drinking and other factors regarding a lot of alchol consumtion and everyone knows that drunk driving is bad but not one person against the 1 pint limit has yet to provide any evidence or half decent proof what so ever that 1 pint makes you unfit to be in control of a car

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 391420)

I would accept that as a valid point if somebody comes back with a list of products that you can consume in the time it takes to drink a pint and still contain the same level of alchohol :)

Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 391428)

Originally Posted by ***Mr D*** (Post 391427)

Wasnt the 1st post more in relation to the morning after?:rolleyes:

Taking the consideration that some people could feel fine, be fine but there blood level might put them over the limit as the goverment are attempting to lower this allowance.

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 391434)

Exactly, that's why you could not have a zero limit. They would have to be very careful setting a very low limit. I would hope they are deciding to lower the limit by research and testing on people of the effects of the current limit.
As far as knowing your own limit - that is ok but too many people must think their own limit is 3 or 4 pints.

Originally Posted by chav1 (Post 391423)

cant you read ?



now with the legal level been 1 pint i would say that is exactly what this thread was about and the reduction of the 1 pint limit , i highly doubt crabby was saying its ok to get smashed out of your face and drive a car

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 391441)

Yes I can read and it still doesn't mention in that first post anything about 1 pint. I didn't know the legal limit was measured in pints, in fact I couldn't even tell you what the legal limit is.

Originally Posted by chav1 (Post 391436)

ok lets try this

if you go out friday night and have 1 pint and get breathalized saturday morning you will show up as legaly fit to drive under teh current laws and rightfully so but if they reduce the allowed limit and repeat the same procedure you could find yourself with a driving ban which is ludricous and will effect a lot of people

Originally Posted by ***Mr D*** (Post 391447)

Even under the new proposed limit, you should still be ok as it would of left your system by then.

IMO, Its more pointed at those that go out and binge, or drink till late in the morning, then think that they are ok to drive in the morning after a nights sleep.

Originally Posted by chav1 (Post 391415)

you see the topics getting shifted again , the orgional point is that 1 pint does not make you a drunk driver but poeple insist on bringing up a heavy nights drinking and other factors regarding a lot of alchol consumtion and everyone knows that drunk driving is bad but not one person against the 1 pint limit has yet to provide any evidence or half decent proof what so ever that 1 pint makes you unfit to be in control of a car

they cant prove their point so they argue a totaly different one so please when replying to this post for the love of god prove your point that you are not ok to drive after 1 pint because the govenment spent millions reseaching the effects of alchol on a lot of various people of all ages and sex and came to teh conclusion that 1 pint is ok.

just because you disagree it dosnt make you right - research and testing does :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by chav1 (Post 391450)

altering the law wont stop them people though , teh only peopel that will effect are the decent sensible people who have 1 pint and go onto orange juice etc

if they change the law further it will prevent these decent people from having even 1 pint with their meal as they will be over the limit when they leave the pub or resturant

Originally Posted by accymel (Post 391405)

Where does it stop tho thats the trouble with this country, its no drink & drive policy but u are allowed to have a pint or 2:confused: thats like saying for the future no smoking ban that you're ok to have half a fag before u is fined:confused:, if its a no go then its a no go end of.