Your limit depends on your age, weight and height and also how tired you are.
Each unit takes 1 hour to leave your system plus 1 more hour. So if you had a
bottle of wine you could not drive for 7 hours without the risk of being over
the limit. If you have more than that you can probably forget trying to drive
to work the next morning as well. The best advice is not to drink at all when
driving.
Drink
Units
Units
Remaining
Spirit
Shot
0.9
2.1
3
Spirit Shooter
2.7
0.3
Vodka/Gin/Rum
+ mixer
0.9
2.1
Whisky/Bourbon
+ mixer
1
2
Large
Glass of Wine
2.1
0.9
Small
Glass of wine
1.5
1.5
Alcopop
1.4
1.6
2
shot cocktail
1.8
2.2
3
shot cockail
2.7
0.3
Pint
of cider
2.8
0.2
Pint
of strong cider
4.8
-1.8
Pint
of lager
2.3
0.7
Bottle
of premium beer
1.7
1.3
Pint
of Guinness
2
1
Martini
0.8
2.2
Bottle
of wine
9
-6
Spot
Quiz
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for exceeding it? Why not try our quiz and test yourself. remember
that any of the questions that you get wrong could cost you dearly
in the real world!
