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560 people are killed in drink-drive crashes a year.

  • It takes at least one hour for every half pint of beer, glass of wine or measure of spirits to
    get out your system. You should count the hours from the time you finished your last
    drink. It could take much longer - everyone’s metabolism is different.
  • One in five drivers caught drink-driving are caught 'the morning after'.(Department for
    Transport)

Q: If you've drunk five pints, how long until you're safe to drive?

A: It depends (on the strength of the beer, your weight, sex, metabolism and other factors). If
you're an 11-stone man and finished drinking at midnight, you might be under the limit by
midday. However, you're still likely to have alcohol in your system that could affect your driving.

  • Drinking coffee, sleeping, or having a shower don’t work. Only time.
  • Never drive if there’s even a slim chance you are still ‘under the influence’. That means
    medicinal and illegal drugs as well as alcohol.
  • Illegal drugs can stay in your system for a month.
  • Never drive on medicinal drugs if it says you shouldn't’t on the packet. Check with your
    GP or pharmacist if you’re not sure.
  • Never drive on illegal drugs. Their effects are unpredictable and just as lethal. The police
    can test for them.

In memory of Ashley Brixey, who died in a car driven by his friend,
who had been drinking and taking drugs. Ashley went out on a
Saturday night with some friends. At the end of the night, he got into
the back of a car. A 17 year-old girl got into the passenger seat and
Ashley’s friend Richard got behind the wheel. Richard was twice over
the drink-drive limit and had taken drugs. He lost control on a bend.
The car went up an embankment, through a fence and landed
upside down in a swimming pool. The girl and the driver got out but
Ashley was knocked unconscious. By the time the emergency
services got there he was already dead.

1 in 6 road deaths
are caused by
drink drivers.
Ashley Brixey
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