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General Category => Off Topic Lounge => Topic started by: richard on December 17, 2014, 07:56:20 PM
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Half way through my lonely pub meal tonight , amidst loads of Christmas partying bah humbug , I suddenly remembered the new drink drive limits brought in this month in Scotland and had to not finish my pint . Crikey it is very limiting , not arguing the rights and wrongs here , I can only imagine the sharp increase in pub closures now that the working man cannot call in for one on the way home . .5 or possibly .75 of a pint next time for me it broke my heart to leave nearly 0.5 of a pint of Deuchars behind
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0.5? you mean 1/2 a pint?
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Offhand I don't recall the actual new Scottish limit , easily googled , but depending on the drinker it is widely purported to me less than 1.00000 of an imperial pint :) as our beers are served by the half pint and pint basically it will be the former for a driver . As I say I don't argue the wrongs and rights it is just much more limiting than we are used to. I believe the main concern to be the residuals the morning after .
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It is sometimes easier just not to drink and drive. It always tastes better when you cannot have more. Probably mind games, but annoying, and a temptation. Its a good point, though. It might well catch a few out, where as it is the serial offenders who are really worrying. They will not moderate their habit. Sadly a trip to the pub is now a special occasion for me. I used to be in 5 days of a week when I was younger.
Of course with all the useless gadgets on cars these days, a breath test starter might be a good idea. I guess folk would gib at a blood test including DNA so you car cannot be nicked. Big Brother.
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I too am rarely in a pub but have active social life with drink being taken , sometimes liberally , usually with a concert or dinner . A pint or a small wine has always been the limit - not now ! In Scotland anyway