drinking while driving

[Swoop]

Really? In NZ you can drink booze while driving...

I've always been led to believe that an open container (can / bottle / goon) = which then leads to ... by

[sidecar bob]

Really? In NZ you can drink booze while driving in some areas but not others? This belongs in the Shithole thread.

I was advised by a police officer friend to time my swigs so other motorists didn't see them, as he was tired of chasing people about that we not over the limit, even if I was just drinking coke.

[AllanB]

Trying to find out. In 2013 it was legal.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=10869614




If I consume two cups of black coffee and head out on my motorcycle fast things will happen. They just do - OK.

[jellywrestler]

If you are serious in your belief that there is nothing wrong with him driving and drinking alcohol, then that's fine. But I don't think it is fine.

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

if there was something wrong then why wasn't he ticketed? my point is it's no different to drinking the same then driving, provided it's within the legal limit.

[russd7]

While driving over the Devil's Staircase on SH6?

he wouldn't be following me on my bike for very long along the devils staircase, heaps of passing opportunities for a bike that don't exist for a car. but I get what you are saying.

[bikaholic]

Really? In NZ you can drink booze while driving in some areas but not others? This belongs in the Shithole thread.

Yep, even here our Police Commissioner has a drink drive conviction.
This story in no different to someone having a beer at a pub then driving home under the limit, as the law set out t.o acheive.
The devils staircase is a non event, even in ice.

[Autech]

Yep, even here our Police Commissioner has a drink drive conviction.
This story in no different to someone having a beer at a pub then driving home under the limit, as the law set out t.o acheive.
The devils staircase is a non event, even in ice.

It's actually better too as I read somewhere that it hits you harder after a time period than when first consumed as it enters your blood.


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[nzspokes]

So drinking at 7.30am? Alcoholic.

Also would you want somebody thats been drinking on your worksite?

[F5 Dave]

I drink a beer while I drive, very often in fact.

I dont do it in liquor ban areas though, that's illegal.

Get the law changed, or suck it.

That's not a good practice. If you get pulled and breath tested you will fail. After one sip. If you are lucky enough to get them to test you after say 15 min maybe with a water gargle you might pass with no reading.

But will be a hella hassle in the meantime. Stays in your saliva and gives high false readings. Like sitting on one beer all night then last sip jump in car, breath gest at end of street. Fail.

[Drew]

That's not a good practice. If you get pulled and breath tested you will fail. After one sip. If you are lucky enough to get them to test you after say 15 min maybe with a water gargle you might pass with no reading.

But will be a hella hassle in the meantime. Stays in your saliva and gives high false readings. Like sitting on one beer all night then last sip jump in car, breath gest at end of street. Fail.

Not in my experience.

[F5 Dave]

Borrow a breath tester. Stupid high reading just after drinking that reduces to the true breath reading.

[Scuba_Steve]

It's actually better too as I read somewhere that it hits you harder after a time period than when first consumed as it enters your blood.


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Yea think it's something like half hour for the effects to kick in

[husaberg]

So drinking at 7.30am? Alcoholic.

Also would you want somebody thats been drinking on your worksite?

Not only that he was doing it to stay awake? on the way to starting work.
I'd would say he would have failed the screen for a start or the was some sort of protocol the police must follow re timing of last drink as the do ask when your last drink was,(Well they used to)
Making him wait a full hour so he has to explain to boss why he was waiting a full hour might be interesting.

Alcotest® 7510

Requirements of the test subject
– Observe a waiting period of at least 15 minutes after the last oral alcohol intake!
Residual alcohol in the mouth can distort the measurement. Distortions can also occur with
aromatic beverages (e.g. fruit juice), alcoholic mouth sprays, medicines and drops, and
after burping and vomiting. Also observe a waiting period of at least 15 minutes in these
cases. A mouth rinse with water or non-alcoholic beverages does not replace the waiting
period!
– The device can detect residual mouth alcohol during the delivery of the breath sample, if
this option is activated. If residual mouth alcohol is detected, the measurement is aborted
and a relevant message is displayed.

[FJRider]

the man is 'cought' drinking a can of bourbon while driving, so what's wrong with it, absolutley nothing I say, just bullshit reporting here and sensationising something out of nothing....

No mention of failing a breath test ... but if he was involved in an accident ... "under the influence" might mean more blame in the court case. Under the influence can also void some insurance policy's ... as under the influence is not necessarily being over any maximum limit.

[rastuscat]

Just had a look into a teacup, and there was a storm going on.