Driving under the influence of alcohol is dangerous. While it is advisable that one should rather not consume alcohol at all before driving, the legal blood alcohol limit in South Africa is 0.05g per 100ml of blood.

Advertisement

For a person weighing 70kg this can be reached by consuming the following:

• Two glasses of wine, or
• Two tots of hard liquor, or
• Two cans of beer.

It is important to note, however, that one should not rely on the above, as one’s actual blood alcohol level can be higher than expected and is influenced by many factors, including the type of alcoholic beverage, time of one’s last meal, the speed at which one drinks, one’s age, sex, fitness level, type of build, the use of medication, presence of illnesses, etc.

Alcohol levels also depend on body size
This means that one person’s blood alcohol levels could actually be higher that someone else's even after consuming the same volume of alcohol.

Remember also that alcohol takes time to be removed from the blood stream and body. For example, depending on the circumstances, people who are under the influence at midnight, could still be over the legal limit the next morning.

Do not drink and drive – it is just not worth it.

Medi-Clinic supports the Traffic Safety programme.

(Press release, Medi-Clinic, December 2005)
 

Print this article on

Rate this article Poor 1 2 3 4 5 Excellent

JOBS

Senior Manager:Human Capital Operations R26,000-47,000 Per Month Cost To Company South Africa Accountant R170,000-200,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng - North/Sandton Property Analyst R20,000-25,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng - West Rand Senior Financial Analyst R500,000-600,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng Project manager R450,000-600,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng Senior Designer - Horizons Inflight Magazine Western Cape - Cape Town Internal SAP DBM Consultant Gauteng - Johannesburg TREASURY ACCOUNTANT Gauteng - Johannesburg Find more jobs Register your CV Post a job