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

[Bozza]

Kirsty Gallacher has been banned from driving after admitting to drink-driving, having been found to be three times over the limit of 35mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.

However, it turns out this was approaching lunchtime the day after she had been drinking, when she concluded the night with a taxi home.

This is something I've been very cautious about having been involved in an accident a fair few years ago. It wasn't my fault - the passenger of a car coming the other way to me pulled the handbrake, sending the car they were in into a spin straight in front of me whereupon I hit it.

I'd had a few the night before, not many, but I did feel slightly concerned as I was breathalysed. If I had been over the limit, it would have changed how the incident affected me significantly. I wasn't, but I'm been even more careful ever since.

I do wonder how much and/or how late you need to be drinking to register a reading that high late the following morning.

 

[Mellotron]

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

 

[gripper stebson]

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

Thirsty Gallacher?

 

[dazzer6666]

"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.

 

[clippedgull]

Caught driving erratically......

The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant was on her way to meet her children when witnesses spotted her driving erratically in the town at about 11am, the court was told.

Good job she was caught when she was.

 

[soistes]

The numbers are in here
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/853.aspx?CategoryID=87
On average people metabolise one unit of alcohol per hour

 

[ManOfSussex]

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

 

[dazzer6666]

The numbers are in here
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/853.aspx?CategoryID=87
On average people metabolise one unit of alcohol per hour

She must have had a shedload of booze to be 3x over, or finished drinking sometime early morning.....or both.

 

[blockhseagull]

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.

 

[maffew]

I reckon the might have had a cheeky one in the morning heir of the dog if you like

Otherwise one hell of a late night and a not insignificant amount of booze. That's a very high reading at 11 am. I got a similar reading at a similar time (albeit at a detox place I dont drive) some time ago after necking a few cans on the way

 

[studio150]

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.

 

[KZNSeagull]

I don't drink so would be more than happy to drive her anywhere she likes.

 

[Durlston]

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

 

[AmexRuislip]

Just cannot afford (not in the money sense), to have a bevy.
It's just my shift work pattern dictates that, early mornings and late starts just doesn't make it worth it.
Would my job and family situation in dire peril, if I was caught if ever.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

3 times over the limit the day after


Interestingly, if I was 3 times over the limit over here (Edit: Sweden), I'd still be legal to drive in England. We're the most lenient nation in Europe which is pretty amazing:

http://etsc.eu/blood-alcohol-content-bac-drink-driving-limits-across-europe/

 

[middletoenail]

3 times over the limit the day after


Interestingly, if I was 3 times over the limit over here (Edit: Sweden), I'd still be legal to drive in England. We're the most lenient nation in Europe which is pretty amazing:

http://etsc.eu/blood-alcohol-content-bac-drink-driving-limits-across-europe/

Which is interesting, given that there's hardly any people in Sweden, and you drive Volvos (tanks)

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[Chicken Run]

"Morning after" drink driving / Kirsty Gallacher

The scrawny bint probably skipped eating that night and on the morning of the offence which wouldn't have helped!!

 

[theboybilly]

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

And amazingly many folk on Twitter sympathising with her but had it been an ordinary person would be organising the lynch mob

 

[Whoislloydy]

My step mums best friend from Uni

 

[Bozza]

3 times over the limit the day after


Interestingly, if I was 3 times over the limit over here (Edit: Sweden), I'd still be legal to drive in England. We're the most lenient nation in Europe which is pretty amazing:

http://etsc.eu/blood-alcohol-content-bac-drink-driving-limits-across-europe/

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