mark occomore
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 Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: Dont't Drive After Eating Sherry Trifle |
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Many motorists have a trifling attitude to the amount of alcohol in seasonal fare such as brandy butter and Christmas pudding, a survey showed today.
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, a survey by esure car insurance found.
The survey of 1,014 adults, showed:
* About 300 million units of alcohol will be drunk on Christmas Day alone;
* 78% of motorists will be socialising - drinking at least once or twice a week throughout the month of December;
* 57% will drink in excess of three alcohol units every time they socialise, with 20% drinking on three or four occasions a week;
* 58% will tuck into Christmas pudding, 29% will have at least one portion of sherry trifle and 18% will down Irish coffees;
* Only 8% could correctly identify the amount of time it takes for a unit of alcohol to be fully digested and leave the bloodstream.
Mike Pickard, head of risk and underwriting at esure, said: "People often forget about the alcohol content of puddings and other treats consumed at Christmas.
"Some people believe that the food may help absorb the alcohol, whereas in many cases it actually adds to it. Our advice is simple: avoid alcohol in all forms while driving as a miscalculation could be deadly or cost you your licence."
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