[News] "Morning after" drink driving / Kirsty Gallacher

Durlston said:

So THAT'S where all the lawyers have gone. Defending these selfish f*ckwits who drink and drive.

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blockhseagull said:

Morning after drinking catches far more people over the limit than evening of drinking !!

I'd imagine she must have had a fair bit because it doesn't matter how 'used' to drinking you are it all leaves your system at the same speed as a drinker !! Well women take longer to get rid of alcohol than men per unit.

Need to leave an hour per unit drunk to get it out of your system and eating and drinking make no difference to speeding it up. Prob is it's difficult to count units on a night out.

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Thunder Bolt said:

I knew of an engineering factory, where the workers could be breathalysed before operating machinery. It prevented industrial accidents, especially the large presses.

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Mellotron said:

3 times over the following lunchtime, she must've had a fair bit?

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dazzer6666 said:

Think pilots and other air crew can get randomly tested with some airlines. Based on how I've seen some crews drinking during their hotel stopovers when I've been working away I'd hope so......................

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Bozza said:

Most Brits like a good old drink up, so I think we need it higher than other places.

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ManOfSussex said:

I hope they make an example of her and send her to HMP Holloway for punishment. I'd love to be sent to HMP Holloway myself.

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dazzer6666 said:

"Jennifer Dempster, mitigating, said Gallacher very rarely drank............"

Hmmm, 3 x the limit at 11am the following day suggests she likes a bit of a lash-up when she does have one.

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Gwylan said:

Not really - 25th in the world for alcohol consumption per head. Amateurs

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ManOfSussex said:

3 time over the limit? I don't know where she puts it, naughty girl.

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dazzer6666 said:

Think pilots and other air crew can get randomly tested with some airlines. Based on how I've seen some crews drinking during their hotel stopovers when I've been working away I'd hope so......................

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Thunder Bolt said:

I knew of an engineering factory, where the workers could be breathalysed before operating machinery. It prevented industrial accidents, especially the large presses.

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studio150 said:

From the report she went straight to the pub from the studio early afternoon and was drinking until the early hours.

In terms of how does it take you to become safe to drive after a few drinks the night before, there is not a rigid scale. It very much depends on how many, strength of drink, elapsed time, have you eaten, your body mass

If you have a glass of wine or a beer with your evening meal you will be fine the next morning.

Over 2 pints or 2 glasses of wine, when how late in the evening did you finish drinking, how early are you driving the next day.

The one certainty is that the length of time Kirsty had been drinking and into the early hours, I probably wouldn't have driven until the following day.

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Weststander said:

Same in the railway industry - even outside contractors, subcontractors and consultants, where there's rolling livestock, engineering works or live current, are randomly tested for alcohol and drugs.

Caught on site nornally leads to instant dismissal by whoever employs them and obviously they're kicked off the site.

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