There is absolutely no acceptable excuse for drink driving – I would find it impossible to believe that anyone isn't aware that it is extremely frowned upon in our society and is of course, very dangerous. Especially after these messages were dramatically reinforced as part of the recent ‘know your limits’ campaign that shocked us all with disturbing adverts showing us frightening videos of drink drivers killing children.
So those of us that aren’t irresponsible and reckless safely take a taxi home the next day, we go to sleep and then... When do we next drive? The next day; when we are safely under the limit?
I was reading an article in the Daily Mail that brought to my attention the fact that many of us drive hung over. I am usually prone to reading over and ignoring the constant, and often unreliable health scares published within the Mail: Unnecessary health scares such as: ‘How teaching children to eat more slowly cuts cancer risk’.
But, this particular article made me stop and think.
Being hung over the day after drinking- suffering with tiredness, headaches, lethargy and sometimes nausea is typical. Many people have to take days off work, as their concentration levels drop and they generally lose touch with the world. Yet, these people are, apparently ok to drive!
I read in the Daily Mail article that after completing simulated driving tests, using fit and then hung over test subjects, they found that the drivers that had been drinking the night before swerved more, and couldn’t always stay within the yellow lines.
But, the part I found most concerning is that the drivers who’d been drinking the previous night drove faster. Therefore more dangerously- as SPEED KILLS!
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