Drinking and driving

The consequences of alcohol can be seen in many areas, but in few aspects of life are the consequences of alcohol more devastating than driving. It must be said at the outset that after the slightest consumption of alcohol, one should have no business driving. The consequences of driving are also related to the amount consumed.

Initially, alcohol causes over-estimation of one’s own capabilities, with a simultaneous loss of attention and ability to react. Speeds and distances are no longer correctly assessed. As a result, accidents and injuries occur more frequently as a result of drink-driving.

The ability to react decreases measurably below the permitted blood alcohol limit of 0.3‰ or 0.5‰ without any noticeable driving insecurity. So one should leave the car already before. The danger of an accident is particularly high at the age of 18-25, as this is still an inexperienced and rather risk-taking age group.

If you drink even more alcohol, your eyesight and general judgment will be impaired. One is then no longer able to drive a car. In this case, drunk driving almost always results in damage to property or personal injury.

In addition to the health consequences of drunk driving, driving under the influence of alcohol has other personal consequences. Here there are clear rules and gradations of punishment, which are related to the alcohol level and the interference with road traffic. The consequences of drink-driving range from a fine to the loss of a driver’s license.

Legally speaking, one may drive a vehicle up to an alcohol level of 0.3‰ without consequences.Driving in the range of 0.3-0.5‰ is allowed as long as no accident or other road traffic hazard occurs. If however a restriction of the fitness to drive is present, a fine as well as points in Flensburg or even the withdrawal of the driver’s license can be the consequences of alcohol at the wheel already starting from 0,3‰. Driving with a level of 0,5-1,1‰ is classified as an administrative offence and punished depending upon number of offences with up to 1.

500 €, 2 points in Flensburg and 3 months driving ban. With over 1,1‰ the consequences of alcohol at the wheel are still harder, since it concerns now an offence. Starting from 1,6‰ one must pass a medical-psychological examination (MPU), in order to regain the driver’s license. It is important to know that alcohol has an individual effect on each person and is broken down. Thus, before driving a vehicle, it is best to abstain from alcohol as a matter of principle in order to safely avoid the above-mentioned consequences of alcohol while driving.