Driving and alcohol

manrat · Post by **manrat** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:40 am

I think in Germany 0.3 mill. is a sufficient level for you to lose your licence. That is, if they stop you for an offence such as driving too fast, running a red light etc

Shazzam · Post by **Shazzam** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:19 am

In Australia if you are over .08 your license is removed from you immediately. Then you will face court to get a fine or jail time (depending on your driving record; and how far over the legal limit you were).

.08 is approximately 2 drinks in one hour.

To be honest two drinks really isn't an issue for most people; but if you get giddy or have a medical condition then you shouldn't have anything to drink at all, if you intend to get behind the wheel of a car. Too much can go wrong and innocent people have been killed by people's negligence (drink driving).

Danyet · Post by **Danyet** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:03 am

Fortunatly there are still some sane places left where it is still legal to drink a beer while you drive.

Shazzam · Post by **Shazzam** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:54 am

danyet wrote:Fortunatly there are still some sane places left where it is still legal to drink a beer while you drive.

Yeh Danyet a beer or two but we aren't saying that it is ok to get totally off your face and drive a car. I do agree that there has to be control on this. People that drive while they are totally wasted are idiots, they don't only take their lives away but the life of innocent people.

Masayuki · Post by **Masayuki** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:16 pm

In Japan, driving with alcohol is big no-no. If we do that, we have to pay 30,000 yen (it is about £150) at elast, I heard. Plus, it can be dangerous for us. I must not do that!

Danyet · Post by **Danyet** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:37 am

In Wyoming you can drink a beer at the same time as drive just as long as you are not over the legal limit.

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:23 am

danyet wrote:In Wyoming you can drink a beer at the same time as drive just as long as you are not over the legal limit.

And cops are not around?

FIVER · Post by **FIVER** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:16 am

I think if you have to drive you can still drink a little just not to the point of being intoxicated or disorientated. Sometimes my coworkers and I would go to the bar early in the morning after work and have a couple drinks. Knowing that I would have to drive myself home, I didn't consume a lot.

Another time while out at night, I did drink a little too much but I still drove. (Wasn't a good idea) but I forced myself to focus and made it through the night with two other ppl in the car. I was lucky because my friend's friend got caught that night leaving from the same bar and she was on her way home while we were on our way to another bar!

Even though I DID drink while I was drunk, it's a big NO-NO!!

(if you get caught)

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:53 am

FIVER wrote:I think if you have to drive you can still drink a little just not to the point of being intoxicated or disorientated. Sometimes my coworkers and I would go to the bar early in the morning after work and have a couple drinks. Knowing that I would have to drive myself home, I didn't consume a lot.

early in the morning?

FIVER · Post by **FIVER** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:25 am

LennyeTran wrote: early in the morning?

Well, to me it was. I worked third shift, got off at 7am. We went directly to the bar, most times drinking till 10-12. 8) Hm.... late morning??

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:12 am

Third shift? What do you do if I may ask?

Danyet · Post by **Danyet** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:39 am

LennyeTran wrote:
danyet wrote:In Wyoming you can drink a beer at the same time as drive just as long as you are not over the legal limit.
And cops are not around?

The cops don't care if you drive with a beer in your hand there. They are not as PC there.

tikay · Post by **tikay** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:25 am

People in the Los Angeles area already drive like big jerks and will hardly even yield to an ambulance or fire truck...i find their driving habits so abrasive! I am always afraid to take my child out on the weekends, because people who drink more then... will be driving and risking everyone about.

Although I adore the elderly (unless they are mean-spirited)
I think there is a point they should lose their licenses too...last month an old dame

was driving down the freeway in the wrong lanes...she did not know how she got there, she said...they said she might lose her license!

Just insane behavior!
Has anyone seen the weekly (almost) car chases in Los Angeles, on the news? I swear!...it is pure sport here, people looking for fame and attention it seems like poeple who are CRAZY...who really shouldn't be in the news! at least in my opinion.

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:18 am

danyet wrote:
LennyeTran wrote:
danyet wrote:In Wyoming you can drink a beer at the same time as drive just as long as you are not over the legal limit.
And cops are not around?
The cops don't care if you drive with a beer in your hand there. They are not as PC there.

Serious?

Danyet · Post by **Danyet** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:51 am

yep! THats Wyoming. Great state!! It's the frontier mentallity.

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:02 am

danyet wrote:yep! THats Wyoming. Great state!! It's the frontier mentallity.

Sounds like a mid-west state to me.

vince90 · Post by **vince90** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:05 pm

LennyeTran wrote:
danyet wrote:yep! THats Wyoming. Great state!! It's the frontier mentallity.
Sounds like a mid-west state to me.

You may see a sign on the highway says "don't drink and drive you might spill your beer"

Annaa · Post by **Annaa** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:25 am

First of all I don`t know hot to drive,but I think that people who drink alcohol and drive need to punish cuz most of the accidents happens cuz people are drunk.

sweethuman · Post by **sweethuman** » Thu May 26, 2011 7:27 am

My vote goes for NO.
Because people drink and for some minutes of entertainment and habit, many lives can be wasted if we do any accident or harm someone. this is not right.

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