Many motorists have a trifling attitude to the amount of alcohol in Christmas food, a recent survey showed.
Sherry trifle and Christmas pudding can have as much as 2.7 units of alcohol in them, with a typical Irish coffee having about half this amount. Yet people often forget about food when calculating whether they are fit to drive.The survey of 1,014 adults, showed:
About 300 million units of alcohol will be drunk on Christmas Day alone;
78 per cent of motorists will be socialising – drinking at least once or twice a week throughout the month of December;
57 per cent will drink in excess of three alcohol units every time they socialise, with 20 per cent drinking on three or four occasions a week;
58 per cent will tuck into Christmas pudding, 29 per cent will have at least one portion of sherry trifle and 18 per cent will down Irish coffees;
Only 8 per cent could correctly identify the amount of time it takes for a unit of alcohol to be fully digested and leave the bloodstream.
Source: Yorkshire Post website 06/12/07
Some advice for driving instructors who are members of BADDIA (Bedford and District Driving Instructors Association) giving driving lessons in Bedford: – Go easy on the mince pies! A Happy Christmas to all our readers.
