{"id":3767,"date":"2014-09-23T17:10:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T16:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2014-09-23T19:28:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T18:28:26","slug":"driving-lessons-sunderland_drink-driving-ruins-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/driving-lessons-sunderland_drink-driving-ruins-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Lessons Sunderland: Drink-Driving Ruins Lives…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shocking new statistics have shown that women now make up 17 per-cent of drink-driving convictions in the UK, which worryingly is double the figure of that of only 15 years ago.<\/span><\/h1>\n

Even in the modern day, the subject of drink-driving is still very much a taboo subject with many people, and while I certainly don’t intend\u00a0to sound patronising – and I certainly wouldn’t preach to anyone – many drivers still take the subject too lightly, in the belief that they “can handle their drink”, or it’ll be fine as they are “only going down the road”.<\/p>\n

There is also a worryingly false belief that drivers know their own bodies and limits where alcohol consumption is concerned, with many drivers believing that they will be fit to drive the morning after.<\/p>\n

In reality, there are a number of varying and determining factors involved, such as:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Age, weight, sex and metabolism (the rate in which your body uses energy).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 What you have eaten recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The type of, and amount of alcohol consumed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Stress levels involved at the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Should one be caught in control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, both the potential, and real consequences will likely have a long-term negative effect on a drivers’ life.<\/p>\n

I have stumbled across an interesting and informative piece in ‘The Telegraph’ recently, which highlights the experiences of one female drink-driver who was arrested 10 years ago, and reveals the unexpected consequences that still plague her life today.<\/p>\n

The piece is written very honestly, and is certainly worth reading.<\/p>\n

To read\u00a0the woman’s account of her experiences in full, simply follow the link below:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/women\/womens-life\/11084068\/Female-drink-driver-I-moved-my-car-the-morning-after-a-party.-It-ruined-my-life.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Please feel free to share any thoughts or opinions you may have on the subject in the comments box below.<\/p>\n

As always – stay safe!<\/p>\n

Chris<\/p>\n

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Shocking new statistics have shown that women now make up 17 per-cent of drink-driving convictions in the UK, which worryingly is double the figure of that of only 15 years ago. Even in the modern day, the subject of drink-driving is still very much a taboo subject with many people, and while I certainly don’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[10,11,12,56,57,70,63,39,13,14,54,55,15,69,16,17,18,19,40,64,67,62,20,42,43,21,22,66,41,61,38,23,68,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3767"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3773,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrischambers-som.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}