thinking distance + braking distance = stopping distance. YES KS3 PHYSICS.

Brick wall, the ultimate stopping mechanism.

Heh, his formula is the basic mathematical concept of the sum.

Deaths by drinking- around 75,000 a year.
Deaths by driving- around 25,000 a year.
Deaths by drinking AND driving- under 500.
Drink up then drive- you are more likely to survive.

Heh, doesn't quite work like that, %s tell the likelihood...

The figures speak for themselves, Skillers.
Drink + Drive < Drink or Drive
(in terms of your chances of dying)

The figures do not speak for themselves. When talking about chances, you use percents, not absolutes.

The absolutes surely are missing loads of data (500 out of what in total?)

I would imagine less than 1 in 150 people driving are drunk

hardly anyone does, that's why the driving adverts aims at other issues instead of drink driving now - with the exception of Christmas time. It used to be a much bigger problem than it is now.

Very much so, it just becomes a problem around certain times, such as XMas, hence the advert.

There's still a lot of drink driving to be honest, most of it being people having 2-3 pints and thinking they will be ok, which they usualy get away with.

Over the past month or so I've been around/heard of at least 3 people I know driving after drinking. One of them crashed pretty bad and wrote his car off.

Stupid git. How hard is it to not drink when you know you have to drive

I don't know anyone who drinks when they know they have to drive. One of my best friends won't touch the stuff if he has to drive even like 4 hours later. 2-3 pints won't really affect judgement too much imo, but it obviously does which can potentially be very dangerous. Though that depends over what period they've drank that much, over a 3 hour period, it won't affect you at all (1 pint per hour I think is what is reccomended if driving). I'm not exactly sure on this, and I personally wouldn't drink at all if I have to drive in the near future (i.e. within around 3 hours).

I don't know anyone who drinks and then drives, the most that I've seen is a "oh hey, try this drink" sip, which is nothing

Lies, lies, all lies

Drink being alcohol if you're being very technical si