Of course nobody should drive a car when they are pissed.
That goes without question, but how drunk is drunk?
In the UK the blood alcohol content limit for driving is 0.8.
Fair enough, that works out as a pint and a half.
But if that’s your first ever pint and a half then you would be pissed out of your head.
I remember throwing up and the room spinning round after my first ever can of beer when I was about 10.
The limit here in Spain is much lower at 0.5.
I was stopped by the Guardia about half an hour after having one large beer and was told that I was just on the limit.
They didn’t nick me but told me not to have any more to drink.
Now the Spanish Government are going to further reduce the drink drive limit to 0.2.
A quarter of that in the UK.
A small beer would cost you 6 points off your licence and a 200 euro fine.
Get stopped a few times and your licence is gone.
You would need to retake a driving test after attending an alcohol awareness course.
Effectively this means that not only can you not drink at all before driving a car, but also you would be advised not to drink the day before you are going to drive.
Alcohol takes time to leave your system.
How fucking stupid is the fact that you are over the limit for a drive to an airport, but once you get there you can legally fly a passenger plane?
Don’t imagine that the police are going to make a heap of money out of back-handers by stopping ‘generous’ drivers that are slightly over the new limit.
That doesn’t happen.
Anyone trying to bribe the police here will be locked up.
All that will happen is that almost everyone that gets stopped will be unjustifiably criminalised and the government will make a fortune out of fines.
Not one life will be saved.
Take note if you are coming here on your holidays.
Nominated by The Artful Cunter