To think that you shouldn't drive following 2 glasses of wine.....?

[Thankyouandgoodnight]

DH says you metabolise one unit of alcohol an hour, so you can have 2 glasses if you don't drive for 2 hours (or one hour after the last glass if you had the first one an hour before that).....is that right?

I wouldn't try it personally.

everyone is different at metabolising though

2 glasses would definitely affect my reactions and therefore whether technically under the limit I would not drive.

I dont think you should drive after any alcohol but thats just my opinion

Cant stand that mental alcohol calculator thing.

'So if I have 2 glasses of Chenin Blanc at 8 o'clock but I have eaten chips and mayo then I will be fine to drive at 11 oclock etc.'

Just dont bloody drink if you are going to drive.

hmmmm yes approximately - but it is two 100ml/125ml glasses.... NOT two normal pub glasses (175ml) or two large wine glasses (250ml)

Wine definitely more than 1 unit per glass.

A pub measure can easily be more than three units.

its not really worth the risk and i cant do maths when im pished so i just reckon the zero tolerance route is best.

At All Bar One and all those sorts of chains the large glasses work out as 1/3 of a bottle.

No wonder I used to have such a hangover when I had a social like!

life even. Sorry, just had my inhalation of red wine.

I would drive after two 125ml glasses of wine, drunk over the course of two or three hours with a meal. Not very often, mind: very occasionally, but it does happen and while it's legal I shall continue to do so.

If I felt tired or unwell I would drink less or probably nothing.

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Quick google just told me that a standard glass is 175ml and would be about 2.3 units, large glass like in a pub would be 250ml about 3 units.

Depends on lots of thugs really. The quantity would affect people in different ways - it would push some people over the limit and some would be stilll under. It would affect people's judgements and driving skills in varying degrees also.

I have driven after 1 glass perfectly safely. I would have been well under the limit too. I did not feel impaired in the slightest.

If I had had a second then I would probably wait an hour afterwards or so as I feel two glasses would push me over the limit and impair my ability to drive. TBH though if I was planning to drink more than 1 small glass of wine I wouldn;t be planning on driving full stop.

Your DH may think this, but is is not true.

So if you drink 4 glasses you can drive 4 hours later? I don't think so, even if it was sherry Mrs.

You can get done for being over the limit on the way to work the next morning. It has been know.

If I'm going to be driving I'm usually happy to have one glass, as long as I am otherwise feeling fine and not driving immediately - ie usually a good couple of hours before getting in a car and I would have had a meal.

I wouldn't drive after 2 glasses even if I'd eaten a gigantic dinner and not got in the car for hours and hours.

YANBU, 2 glasses puts you over the limit.

If you're driving don't drink at all.

Me and dh have nearly split up re this issue and his "Oh I've only had 3 beers in 4 hrs so I'll be fine"

bullshit

makes me

I would love something concrete that i could show him.

this is the results page of the google I did.

Sorry thankyouandgoodnight - this sounds really confrontational and isn't meant to be. But what he's doing is very risky. You should ask him whether he knows the abv of the wine he's drinking - don't let him look/cheat - people sometimes know the quantity but rarely the percentage of alcohol in the wine. And do your glasses at home have 125ml markers on them? Is he using a measuring jug? In order to be 'sure' he also needs to know the ratio of fat to muscle in his body, the condition of his liver and his personal metabolic rate. Unlikely, I reckon...

The one unit an hour thing is a very rough guide...not reliable enough to be used as a calculator for how many drinks can be had....

nhsdirect It says : The only sure-fire way of knowing you're safe is to wait 12 hours between having your last drink and driving.

Have you or he been drinking tonight and planning to drive?

Thanks and I agree Midge. Not driving tonight but he will often have a couple of drinks at lunch time if we're out somewhere or at someone's house and then inist on driving with our DCs - He gets quite nasty if you suggest that he shouldn't (doesn't like 'being told what to do') so I'm trying to have the conversation away from any current situation.

I went to a party,
And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink,Mum
So I had a sprite instead

I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would
That I didn't drink and drive,
Though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right.
The party finally ended,
And the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece,
I never knew what was coming, Mum
Something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,
The kid that caused this wreck was drunk,
Mum, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,
As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
This girl is going to die.

I'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high,
Because he chose to drink and drive,
Now I would have to die.

So why do people do it, Mum
Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
Like a hundred stabbing knives.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mum,
I'm getting really scared.
These are my final moments,
And I'm so unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me Mum,
As I lie here and die.
I wish that I could say, 'I love you, Mum!
So I love you and goodbye.

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)