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OUR VIEW Commercial Motor gives its final verdict
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Getting pissed then driving isn't big and it certainly isn't clever. As our test illustrates, no matter how confident you might feel with a few pints inside you and how good a driver you think you are, raised alcohol levels will affect your driving. And while we're at it, let's dispel all this nonsense about 'drinking yourself sober'.
Both testers said that after the initial 'rush' of alcohol they felt fine to drive, yet the results showed otherwise. In reality you will
be wandering in your lane, driving closerto the vehicle in front of you, going fasterand your reaction times will be shot to hell. None of this should be news to any professional driverbut this Christmas some fools will, once again, take the risk of losing their licences and hence their jobs, putting innocent third parties in hospital or in their graves, and spending a long time in prison. For the sake of yourself, your family and the rest of us who are using the roads-don't!