Drive Drink Free
Drive Drink Free On average 3000 people are killed or seriously injured each year in drink drive collisions.
Blackpool Council’s Travel and Road Safety team promote anti-drink drive campaigns twice a year to warn road users of the dangers of drinking and driving.
The campaigns aim to educate road users about alcohol consumption and explain why even one drink could be too much. Any amount of alcohol can slow a driver’s reaction times and if you drive after drinking you’ll:
- Be less alert and careful, however slowly you drive
- Have trouble judging your speed
- Be slower to react to hazards and it will take you longer to stop
It takes around one hour for the body to get rid of one unit of alcohol. That means it takes at least eight hours to get rid of the alcohol from four pints of normal strength lager or beer so you will probably still be over the limit if you drive to work or college the next morning. It is impossible to get rid of alcohol any faster. Neither a shower, nor a cup of coffee, nor other ways of sobering up will help, it just takes time.
There is no excuse for drink driving :
- Alcohol can create feelings of overconfidence and make judging distance and speed more difficult
- A large proportion of all drink drive crashes occur within three miles of the start of the journey.
- Nearly one in six drink drivers are caught the morning after
If you get convicted of drink driving here’s what you could stand to lose:
- You’ll be banned from driving for at least a year
- You could lose your job
- Your insurance costs will rocket
- Your lifestyle could change dramatically
- You’ll be fined up to £5000
- You could face up to six months in prison
- You’ll have a criminal record
If you are planning to drink alcohol plan how to get home such as agreeing a designated driver, pre-ordering a taxi or checking the bus times before you go.
If you would like to request an information pack about drink driving please contact the Travel & Road Safety Team at
roadsafety@blackpool.gov.uk (Quoting Ref: ddf2011)
For more information about drink driving and the penalties click on the link below
http://think.direct.gov.uk/drink-driving.html(To request you FREE Blackpool Road Safety booklet please email roadsafety@blackpool.gov.uk