Half of us can't judge drink-drive limit and believe safe to get behind the ...
Half of us can't judge drink-drive limit and believe we are safe to get behind the wheel after boozing, study suggests Alcohol experiment shows half of us can't judge limit before going behind wheel Research found up to 53 per cent wrongly believed safe to drive after drinking In the run-up to Christmas, police are cracking down on drink and drug-driving
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Working out how much is safe to drink before driving is always a gamble – but now a study has revealed just how wrong we can get it.
Researchers asked 90 people to drink beer or wine or both and speak up when they thought they were over the limit.
Astonishingly, the experiment found up to 53 per cent wrongly believed they were safe to drive.
Researchers asked 90 people to drink beer or wine or both and speak up when they thought they were over the limit (file image)
The study’s authors suggest that encouraging people to think more about how much they’ve drunk rather than how they feel may help them to judge
