Here at Cambridgeshire DAAT, we are putting our support behind the “Morning After” Campaign
It takes a lot longer than most people think for alcohol to pass through the body.
On average it takes around one hour per unit of alcohol, though this can vary depending on a number of factors.
Because of this, there is a real risk that people who would not dream of driving after drinking may still be unwittingly over the drink drive limit the morning after.
This includes people going about everyday activities such as driving to work, doing the school run, or popping to the shops or to see friends.
This campaign is designed to alert people to this potential danger, and provide information to help them avoid a drink drive collision – or worse still a cause a collision and/or casualties by driving while over the drink-drive limit.
Here are a couple of facts about drink driving and the ‘morning after’:
• In 2012, 290 people were killed in drink drive accidents in Great Britain (17% of all reported road fatalities), an increase of around a quarter compared with 2011 (DfT provisional figures).
• In 2011 more people failed breath tests between the hours of 6am and 11am than during the hour before or after midnight (ACPO).
We’re not saying ‘don’t drink’, but we are saying ‘don’t drink anything if you are driving’ and ‘don’t drink heavily if you have to drive the following morning’.
Use the ‘morning after calculator’ to see how long it takes for alcohol to pass through the body.
