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blynch · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Location: UCLA

i think we all know that 1 beer will not put you over the alcohol level making you legally drunk. so what difference does it make if I drink that one beer right after work with the coworkers or on the way home in the car (provided its the one and only can in the car)?

UMPhilthy · Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Location: Nowon-gu

the difference: Alcoholism

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

Though the laws on drinking and driving are more relaxed than in many western countries. The blood alcohol limit here in Korea is 0.05, so be careful. For god's sake why would you want to actually drink inside your car while driving?

mnhnhyouh · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Location: The Middle Kingdom

The legal limit of 0.05 is the same in Australia, and the rule of thumb is two beers in the first hour, and one every hour thereafter should keep you under.

However, no food will kick that up higher in the short term.

Small body size will also raise your levels for the same amount of drinking.

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ajuma · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

When I was in the Czech Republic, the alcohol limit was 0!! That's right folks!! 0 as in "zero". Don't know if this has changed, but very few people took the chance of being caught!!

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

Cerebroden · Joined: 27 Dec 2006

I dunno, but just for those of you who are alittle on the high side of that rule...keep mustard packets in your car and try and stay as far away from the breathalyzer as possible when you blow. You'll be straight

ajuma · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

What's wrong with: If you drink, don't drive. If you drive, don't drink.

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contrarian · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Location: Nearly in NK

I spent four years in a small town at a uni job. I am a complete teetotler but I was stopped about once a week. It was usually the same cop. After 5 or six times he would llok at me, grin and wave me on. Who said all waygooks look alike.

Horangi Munshin · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Location: Busan

I drive here a fair bit. The police do checks fairly often. I've been stopped more often in my 1 and 1/2 years driving here than I have in my many years driving back home.

Funny thing is in the past two weeks I've gone through two check points, both on a Saturday and both in the early afternoon or late morning. One was at the payment booths going onto the dong-bu expressway, the cops had a couple of guys pulled over to the side, they were taking their details!

The other was in the new area near Haeundae, they were hidden under the bridge and got people after doing U-turns there, most people driving that way get on the gyeongbu expressway.