Don’t drive morning after a boozy night
During the party season it is all too easy to get caught up in the Christmas spirit.
It’s a time for celebration, fun and catching up with family and friends.
But it’s also the time when you have to be sure you don’t drink and drive.
The drink driving limit was lowered last year. The limit is now 50mg in every 100ml of blood, so, beware the morning after as you could still be over the limit and risk your license the morning after the party night before.
The breath test limit has dropped from 35 to 22 microgrammes.
And road safety campaigners are urging motorists not to take any risks throughout the party season.
They warn that sleep, coffee and cold showers don’t help you to sober up – time is the only way to get alcohol out of your system.
But 24 months on from the Scottish Government introducing a lower drink drive limit, new research from the Scottish Government and Road Safety Scotland (part of Transport Scotland) reveals Scots are changing their behaviour, with only five per cent opting to drive after consuming alcohol on an evening out and 82 percent agreeing drink driving is unacceptable.
The survey found that one in 20 Scottish adults would drive themselves home after they had been drinking on a night out.
That 82 per cent of people agree that drinking any alcohol before driving is unacceptable.
And 67 per cent of people wouldn’t consider driving the morning after drinking on a night out.
Detective Inspector Michael Miller, safer Communities said: “I would urge anyone planning on heading out to please drink responsibly and not to take drugs.
”Police Scotland’s message is simple, don’t take drugs and avoid any NPS, so called legal highs.
“They are incredibly dangerous, you don’t know what’s in them, and legal doesn’t mean safe Remember, This Christmas, Keep Safe.”
The consequences of a drink drive conviction can be liferuining, loss of employment and the shame experienced by those who have been caught over the limit.
And, of course, the devastation caused to families if a death occurs because of a driver who is over the limit.
For more information log onto dontriskit.info or check out the Road Safety Scotland Facebook and Twitter (@roadsafetyscot) page.