How do decide what is your drinking limit when driving?

[sourceninja]

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[ViRGE]

So easy:
Pick one.

Drink XOR drive.

Fixed that for you. (This is a tech forum after all, let's keep it logical!)

 

[pcgeek11]

None if you are smart.

If you drink 5 and still drive you are not too smart.

 

[CraKaJaX]

This is a good thread for JohnCU to weigh in on. I say we lift his ban temporarily to get his thoughts?

FTFY :awe:

 

[z1ggy]

FTFY :awe:

So many appealing ATOT sources we could pull from. I think we are selling ourselves short.

 

[Sulaco]

OP says he drives after downing a six pack and we aren't inventing new obscenities to call him?

It's DCal.

If there's a more moronic obvious troll on these forums they're either in P&N or named Mayne.

Which makes me wonder what the penalty for driving drunk is in Best Korear, Dcal?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

The sanctimonious "drink or drive" people are hilarious. Probably the same bitches that freak out if they smell a faint whiff of cigarette smoke.

 

[Nograts]

I'm a big fan of getting absolutely lit up, popping a bunch of pain meds, and then hitting the highway at midnight. The best part is a game we play where you hit 105, turn off your high beams, and then let go of the steering wheel. That shit is crazy fun! :awe:

Also Rudeguy would be an excellent person to ask this question to. :hmm:

 

[CZroe]

The sanctimonious "drink or drive" people are hilarious. Probably the same bitches that freak out if they smell a faint whiff of cigarette smoke.

Nope. Check out my posting history in the vape thread. There's simply no reason to guess at the point where it's safe/legal. The impairment is a matter of degrees, so even if it's legal it's safest not to.

 

[Anubis]

anyone ask the overlord his opinion on this?

 

[SlitheryDee]

Simple. The more I drink, the better I think I can drive. Sitting here sober I know that is completely ass backwards, but every time I've actually had to make that decision I was drunk.

News flash: Drinking causes bad decision making.

 

[nakedfrog]

Standard "no more than one an hour" response.

Try something like playing a game when you are drinking and watch as your ability to react in a timely manner decreases as alcoholic content increase. One beer no problem; to beers and you question how that troll got away. etc.. Pick your limit with some safe empirical tests.

This isn't a great test, I can still play Rock Band on expert when I'm pretty toasted.

 

[NuclearNed]

I will drive if I have 1 drink with food. It should be noted that I weigh about 183lbs and have a freakishly fast metabolism. If I have more than 1 drink, or just 1 drink on an empty stomach, the wife drives us home. And by "1 drink" I typically mean a glass of wine, not something super hardcore.

 

[Squeetard]

Drank 6 light beer in a round of golf last month, over 5 hours. The cart girl who sold us the beer phoned us in to the cops. Got stopped on the way home, blew green. 0.05 would get you a yellow. Went home, cart girl got fired after she told her boss she called us in.

 

[PingviN]

Anything more than half a beer = I'm not drivng until tomorrow. The easiest way of not fucking up is zero tolerance.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Drank 6 light beer in a round of golf last month, over 5 hours. The cart girl who sold us the beer phoned us in to the cops. Got stopped on the way home, blew green. 0.05 would get you a yellow. Went home, cart girl got fired after she told her boss she called us in.

What a moron. That's the equivalent of a bartender calling in every patron who walks in the door. Maybe it's not technically wrong in some cases, but it's horrible for business and the keeping of one's job.

The "I'm just going to sell you what you ask for and assume you'll act responsibly later" attitude is the one to go with there.

 

[Squeetard]

What a moron. That's the equivalent of a bartender calling in every patron who walks in the door. Maybe it's not technically wrong in some cases, but it's horrible for business and the keeping of one's job.

The "I'm just going to sell you what you ask for and assume you'll act responsibly later" attitude is the one to go with there.

That's why she got fired. "If you thought they were drunk you don't keep feeding them beer and then call the cops", you cut them off. Puts the establishment at risk too. Here, every person who serves alcohol has to have a "serving it right" course and certificate. She took the course and this is like the first thing they teach.

 

[TwiceOver]

When I did drink, there was no limit. Aaaand that's why I don't drink anymore.

It really depends on the timeframe we are talking about. Sitting playing cards with friends I've seen them put away 5-6 in a 4-5 hour period and that's basically nothing. But 5-6 in 2 hours is not a great idea.

 

[gorcorps]

Two in 2 hours at max. I actually have wanted to try a Breathalyzer after drinking to know how much that is, because even two might be closer than I realize.

 

[vi edit]

Just really depends on how much I've had to eat, how hydrated I am and just overall mood.

Some times that's 2 beers in two hours. Sometimes it's two beers over three hours. I don't like going past 2, even if it stays in that 1:1 drink:hour ratio. That third one, even if it's in the third hour takes me past a comfort level of driving.

Anything more than that and I've got a DD.

 

[kinev]

There is some serious social desirability bias going on here. You guys do realize that your liver metabolizes ~1 standard drink per hour. I'm not advocating for driving under the influence, but saying that drinking anything and driving is dangerous just isn't true.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+fast+can+the+body+metabolize+alcohol

This little thing is fun to use, too. I wouldn't trust my or anyone's life on it, but it does seem to give a good estimate.

http://www.amazon.com/BACtrack-Keychain-Breathalyzer-Portable-Keyring/dp/B006536ZXC

 

[Denly]

1 beer per 3hrs.

 

[Fenixgoon]

There is some serious social desirability bias going on here. You guys do realize that your liver metabolizes ~1 standard drink per hour. I'm not advocating for driving under the influence, but saying that drinking anything and driving is dangerous just isn't true.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+fast+can+the+body+metabolize+alcohol

This little thing is fun to use, too. I wouldn't trust my or anyone's life on it, but it does seem to give a good estimate.

http://www.amazon.com/BACtrack-Keychain-Breathalyzer-Portable-Keyring/dp/B006536ZXC

there are also a lot of factors that affect how quickly your body will absorb alcohol. you can still get a DUI even if you're below 0.08 in many states.

are you male or female? asian or not? how much have you had to eat?

the conservative thing to do is to err on the side of caution and seriously limit your drinking or just to avoid it all together.

 

[who?]

The legal limit used to be 0.10% but apparantly some people between 0.08% and 0.10% didn't appear to be driving very well so the limit got changed.

 

[brianmanahan]

tbh some people don't appear to drive very well at %0.00