Steven King Fined

[westdog54]

Re: Steven King Fined

Though I think you might be surprised at how high you can register in terms of blood alcohol concentration the day after a big night, when you've had a decent amount of kip and eaten a big breakfast (neither of which do much for reducing the concentration of alcohol in the bloodstream).

I guess what I'm getting at is that many people have big nights, finish up at 2am have a good night's sleep and get in the car at 9:30am after a big bacon and egg breakfast thinking they're good to go.
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Nail. Hammer. Head.

There are a lot of misconceptions revolving around how to reduce the alcohol concentration in your bloodstream. The only way it actually happens is for your body to process it. Coffee, greasy food, Red Bull, Berocca, they might make you feel better, but they have absolutely zero impact on your BAC once the alcohol is already in your system.

The population in general is fairly ignorant when it comes to alcohol education IMO. In King's case he'll have to do it anyway before he gets his licence back, its a requirement for licence restoration.

[Mantis]

Re: Steven King Fined

Nail. Hammer. Head.

There are a lot of misconceptions revolving around how to reduce the alcohol concentration in your bloodstream. The only way it actually happens is for your body to process it. Coffee, greasy food, Red Bull, Berocca, they might make you feel better, but they have absolutely zero impact on your BAC once the alcohol is already in your system.

The population in general is fairly ignorant when it comes to alcohol education IMO. In King's case he'll have to do it anyway before he gets his licence back, its a requirement for licence restoration.

A fair while a go when in uni we did some study on how a body processes alcohol, we learnt thru this period that the 'average' person reduces their BAC by only .007% per hour. So in reality if you are the borderline level of .05 it takes about 7 hours to get back to zero.

So if you have a big night and get up near .15% it takes 14 hours to get back to .05... So if you finish drinking at midnight you really should be driving until around 2pm.

[westdog54]

Re: Steven King Fined

A fair while a go when in uni we did some study on how a body processes alcohol, we learnt thru this period that the 'average' person reduces their BAC by only .007% per hour. So in reality if you are the borderline level of .05 it takes about 7 hours to get back to zero.

So if you have a big night and get up near .15% it takes 14 hours to get back to .05... So if you finish drinking at midnight you really should be driving until around 2pm.

Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner.

Moral of the story, if you have a big night, stay off the road for the whole of the next day and you'll be fine.

[jeemak]

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Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner.

Moral of the story, if you have a big night, stay off the road for the whole of the next day and you'll be fine.

True. Though a lot of things wouldn't get done on Sunday's if everyone adhered to this. In fact, you could almost kiss Sunday trading goodbye , especially in the suburbs where taxis and public transport options are few and far between.

How much does exercise help? Does raising the metabolism through strenuous exercise speed up the process?

[westdog54]

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True. Though a lot of things wouldn't get done on Sunday's if everyone adhered to this. In fact, you could almost kiss Sunday trading goodbye , especially in the suburbs where taxis and public transport options are few and far between.

How much does exercise help? Does raising the metabolism through strenuous exercise speed up the process?

Most alcohol leaves your body by being processed by the liver. Exercise may make a miniscule difference but not enough to speed up the process by any decent amount.

[ledge]

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Most alcohol leaves your body by being processed by the liver. Exercise may make a miniscule difference but not enough to speed up the process by any decent amount.

So eat liver for breakfast?

[Bornadog]

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So eat liver for breakfast?

No, don't drink