Beer thread
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
I know I can comfortably have 3 if I am driving and come in well under...I could have a 4th and be under the limit too, but no point testing it given there are other factors that could affect me one day.
I drink 4% beer and I can have 4 handles comfortably, 6 would be a risk.
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@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
I know I can comfortably have 3 if I am driving and come in well under...I could have a 4th and be under the limit too, but no point testing it given there are other factors that could affect me one day.
You sure about that with the 240 rule? You won't hit the 400 and lose your licence, but you still get hit with a fine.
I'm over 90kg and have had 3 pints and been well under the old 400, but reckon I would have been over the newish 240 law.
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@Snowy you look like a lightweight!!
Pints are bigger than a glass/stubbie....
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For a 100 kg person 4 handles in two hours puts you way over
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@taniwharugby 6ft 5 stretches 90kg a long way.
I did get pulled over outside the Nelson golf club after about 4 or 5 pints, and was under but that was the 400 again. 240 doesn't seem like much.
4 handles at 470ml is just over 3 pints and probably over the 240 for most of us.
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
For a 100 kg person 4 handles in two hours puts you way over
..... what about 130 KG?
All I know is that I have pulled out of the pub on more than one occasion with at least four under the belt and have failed the detection part (name and address conversation) and then blown a pass when you just keep exhaling.
One time I may have had 6.
I have just realised that the handles are only 440ml rather than the 500 standard.
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@Snowy I got pulled over many years back after having 6 5% (330ml little creatures pale ale) beers over about 4 hours with a meal...long story short, my driver fell through and had to drive, got breath tested, failed the youth one, but ok to carry on my way.
that was at old limits, not new ones.
you dont look that tall
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@Hooroo how long had it taken you to drink your 4 handles?
That's the problem with any of these things so much can influence the result. I wouldn't risk 4 handles.
I wouldn't risk two but I'm five minutes walk from two OK bars and 12 minutes by bus from the CBD
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@taniwharugby I must be shrinking. 195cm at last medical which is 6ft 4.77. No wonder I can't reach the top shelf anymore.
Need to move the whiskey down a bit.
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@Hooroo said in Beer thread:
@taniwharugby said in Beer thread:
I know I can comfortably have 3 if I am driving and come in well under...I could have a 4th and be under the limit too, but no point testing it given there are other factors that could affect me one day.
I drink 4% beer and I can have 4 handles comfortably, 6 would be a risk.
god, i would never drive a car after 4 beers!
my limit is 3 midstrengths over the course of 2 hours.
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@Hooroo said in Beer thread:
What I would like to know is what is my 400 limit? I reckon it must be a dozen 4% cans?? Over three - four hours?
Depends if you are eating as well - eating really does slow down alcohol adsorption.
Remember, it's the first one that does all the damage. The limits are fairly arbirtrary after that
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@Hooroo link I provided says a 130kg male is safe having drunk 6 cans of 4% alcohol over 3 hrs but borderline at 7.
After 12 cans you are going to lose your licence and will need to leave it another three hours to be borderline and four to be sure. All of the above is for the 240 limitYou can drink 10 cans in 3 hrs and be just under the 400.
Don't blame me if all the above puts you wrong as there are so many other factors that affect alcohol absorption. I would definitely keep a buffer below those limits
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
@Hooroo link I provided says a 130kg male is safe having drunk 6 cans of 4% alcohol over 3 hrs but borderline at 7.
After 12 cans you are going to lose your licence and will need to leave it another three hours to be borderline and four to be sure. All of the above is for the 240 limitYou can drink 10 cans in 3 hrs and be just under the 400.
Don't blame me if all the above puts you wrong as there are so many other factors that affect alcohol absorption. I would definitely keep a buffer below those limits
Absolutely agree and I was curious rather than taking any of this as useful to me. My rule of thumb is that if I haven't eaten, I don't drink much at all.
No point at putting others at risk.
It's hard enough to text and drive as it is!
