Just had a thought about this country initially. We don't drink much, but what if we were to be wild camping and both of us had a drink & we were required to move on? Is it an offense to be in a MH on public land, and have consumed alcohol?
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StitchesnFluff
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It’s never worth the risk. If in doubt either abstain or just have one.
I also agree that you lose one unit of alcohol from the end of the last hour that you had a drink. Better than no guidance at all.
I also agree that you lose one unit of alcohol from the end of the last hour that you had a drink. Better than no guidance at all.
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As Jim writes in his advice piece a defence is to convince the court that there was no intention/likelihood to drive. It is not up to the prosecut
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This turned into an interesting thread! We drink very little but just wondered in case there was ever the time I might have a whole can of Guinness instead of half! Or maybe a glass of wine with dinner.
But agree common sense must be used.
But agree common sense must be used.
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I remember a talk at our club, quite a few years ago, by the manager of the Red Arrows, he said one of most difficult parts of his job was hiding the bar bills.
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Alcohol metabolism follows zero order kinetics, (unlike most drugs which are first order, ie rate of metabolism proportional to concentration) what this means is the rate of metabolism is independent of the alcohol level and is a constant rate, this rate roughly corresponds to one unit per hour (there are individual variations of course) so theoretically if you consumed four units of alcohol your blood alcohol would reach zero four hours later. To be over the limit 12 hours after your last drink you would have needed to have drunk quite a lot. Even a full bottle of wine (12units) drunk at midnight would be almost undetectable by midday.
Obviously the TheBig1 is no lightweight on the booze.
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A rather tangential point. If you have one of those cheap electronic breathalyser gadgets from ebay and are on a low carb diet, their detectors aren't very specific and also react to acetone in the breath, an effect of ketosis. you can not have had a drink for days and still appear close to the legal limit. I believe the ones the police use are more specific though if you get breathalysed and its borderline it's worth having a blood or urine test.
It's a cheap way of seeing if you are in ketosis though, at least if you keep off the booze long enough.
It's a cheap way of seeing if you are in ketosis though, at least if you keep off the booze long enough.
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Not sure about having the keys. There are three cars parked outside my house, the keys to two of them are in my pocket and I know where the third set are. I'm sure this cannot be taken as an intention to drive.
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Jim has this right, because elimination of alcohol begins as soon as intake has started, so it's a balance between speed of intake and time available for elimination.It takes approx an hour for our body to disperse a unit of alcohol from the moment it is drunk, so if you have 5 units in one hour, you would have to wait 4 hours to be clean. If you consume a unit per hour for the rest of your life, you will be perpetually sober
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I've charged (and authorised charges for) people being in charge while unfit - none in motorhomes, though. See here (https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/drink-driving.117817/post-1598033) for my simple explanation of the burdens of proof for these circumstances.
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I’ve had a battery operated breathalyser for over 10 years (not the same one)
£100 buys you a reasonably accurate one , I use it as a guide & only drive once
I’m well low enough , I always check my level before driving in the morning
After a good Scottish Drink It can be 1 the next day before I can drive
4 or 5 units and it’s usually clear in the morning
£100 buys you a reasonably accurate one , I use it as a guide & only drive once
I’m well low enough , I always check my level before driving in the morning
After a good Scottish Drink It can be 1 the next day before I can drive
4 or 5 units and it’s usually clear in the morning
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For the occasional times that I feel that I need to know I use one of these
alcosense.co.uk
It gives me absoloute confidence in the level of alcohol in my system at a any time rather than guessing
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AlcoSense Ultra // Home Breathalyzer // Personal Alcohol Tester
The AlcoSense Ultra uses the same sensor as several UK Police breathalyzers for the ultimate in consumer breathalyzer accuracy.
It gives me absoloute confidence in the level of alcohol in my system at a any time rather than guessing
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Ahem, with all due respect, that is codswallop.
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No it doesn't. The liver gets rid of one unit per hour.
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That is way out LOL. It says 3 pints of cheap lager = 8 hours to drive. The legal limit is 2 pints. So 8 hours to lose the extra pint ????
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