One quarter of young people falsely believe that drinking alcohol does not impair a person's ability to drive.
One quarter of young people falsely believe that drinking alcohol does not impair a person's ability to drive., Drinkaware CEO Dearbhla O’Brien said she is hugely worried about the attitude of young people towards drink driving .
“Amongst the 18-24-year-olds, 23% of them do not agree that any amount of alcohol impairs your driving ability,” she said.Pints of beer in the sunlight on a pub table. Ahead of the bank holiday, Drinkaware is dispelling myths about drinking and driving and wants to remind people that food or caffeine drinks have no effect on sobriety.
It takes at least one hour per unit of alcohol to leave the body or two hours for a pint of beer and Ms O'Brien said people should not fool themselves with dangerous misconceptions.“There are a lot of common myths that the likes of a large Irish breakfast or having lots of coffee, tea, energy drinks et cetera will sober you up.
“They may very well make you feel better - but the only way to remove alcohol from your system is time.Drinkaware is encouraging people to use its drinks calculator tool which will let you know when you will be in a fit state to drive again and over the Easter Bank Holiday, the device was used over 4000 times.
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