Don’t let the Globe Cup drive you to drink

The World Cup kicks off tonight and, it becoming held in Brazil and all, the time difference implies all the matches will be televised in the evenings.

But what could be greater than whiling away those balmy nights although sinking a couple of cold ones and watching a seemingly endless stream of reside football matches?

But, by the identical token, what could be worse than a drink-drive conviction and, perhaps, someone’s life on your conscience?

Going out to watch the game?

Investigation for the government’s anti drink-driving Feel! campaign shows 2-thirds of fans are arranging to drink alcohol although watching televised games, but just a third have regarded how they will get residence afterwards.

And if you consider you’ll be fine to drive right after “just a couple of pints”, consider once again. No-one can second guess their tolerance of alcohol on any provided day, and if you get caught driving even though over the limit, the penalties are extreme.

Not only will you be hit with an automatic 12-month driving ban, which comes with a criminal record and an 11-year endorsement on your licence, you’ll have your automobile impounded and will have to pay a release charge to get it back.

And then there’s the tiny matter of the fine, which could be as significantly as £5,000.

Police presence

If you consider you won’t be caught, have a re-feel about that also. The police will be out in force to catch drink drivers, knowing there’ll be folks who’ll take the risk.

For the duration of the 2010 Planet Cup, 7,402 folks failed breath tests and, getting 1 of these that was breathalysed in the course of this tournament, I can inform you it is a terrifying knowledge even when you have not been drinking!

So if you’ll be going the pub or round to a mate’s house to watch the game, arrange a lift with somebody who’s not drinking or book a taxi to get you back.

The morning after…

And then there’s the morning right after to feel about…

Perhaps you’re arranging on watching the games from the comfort of your personal house? If you are getting a couple of drinks while the match is on, you need to have to take into account no matter whether you will be match to drive the subsequent morning.

Although there are variables that can have an effect on how quickly your body processes alcohol, it requires an typical of a single hour to process 1 unit.

This implies drinking 12 units of alcohol – what you’d get from 5 pints of 4.% lager, which is a not unrealistic quantity more than the course of an evening – will take 12 hours to clear your technique.

Drink this quantity although watching a single of the 11pm kick offs and there’s a good likelihood you’ll be more than the limit on the drive to function the following morning.

If you are still not convinced, check out this video to see how extended it took me to clear 18 units from my system. And then take a appear at the table below to see how many units you could be placing away.

Are you secure to drive the morning following?

Some sobering facts…

And if you’re nevertheless pondering of risking it, consider these sobering facts:

• In 2012, 280 men and women were killed in drink drive accidents, accounting for 16% of all road deaths in Fantastic Britain.


• Drink driving caused 1,200 serious injuries in 2012, 5% of all seriously injured road casualties.


• Of these killed in drink drive accidents in 2011, 71% have been drivers and riders over the legal alcohol limit, the remaining 29% were other road users.


• Throughout 2012, 55,300 individuals in England and Wales were convicted of driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs.


• If you are convicted of a drink driving offence, the combined cost of the legal charges, court fines and the loss of your job as a outcome of the driving ban indicates that rapid pint could finish up costing you about £50,000.

Don’t let the Globe Cup drive you to drink