One for the road...
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RE: One for the road...
Avoid bars completely. Rarely will I have one beer with lunch. As I've gotten older, I've found thatmore that two of anything makes me feel crappy the next morning. No point to it.
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RE: One for the road...
Found this on the web...hard to argue with...
Alcohol use: Motorcycle operators have high incidences of alcohol use. NHTSA says that in 2006, 27 percent of motorcycle operators involved in fatal crashes had a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) over 0.08 grams per deciliter (the national definition of drunk driving), compared with 23 percent of drivers of passenger cars, 24 percent of light truck drivers and 1 percent of large truck drivers in fatal crashes. These figures take into account fatally injured operators, passengers and/or pedestrians.
Of all fatally injured motorcycle operators, 27 percent had BAC levels of 0.08 or higher in 2006. Another 7 percent had lower alcohol levels (0.01 to 0.07 BAC.). Fatally injured motorcycle operators between the ages of 35 to 39 had the highest percentage of BACs 0.08 and above (41 percent), compared with 39 percent for those ages 40 to 44. Of fatally injured motorcycle operators age 45-49, 34 percent had BACs 0.08 and above. Forty-one percent of the 1,878 fatally injured motorcycle operators who died in single-vehicle crashes in 2006 (for example, those in which the motorcycle crashed into a stationary object) had BAC levels of 0.08 or higher. On weekend nights, the proportion was higher: 59 percent of motorcycle operators who died in single-vehicle crashes had BACs of 0.08 or higher.
Alcohol use: Motorcycle operators have high incidences of alcohol use. NHTSA says that in 2006, 27 percent of motorcycle operators involved in fatal crashes had a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) over 0.08 grams per deciliter (the national definition of drunk driving), compared with 23 percent of drivers of passenger cars, 24 percent of light truck drivers and 1 percent of large truck drivers in fatal crashes. These figures take into account fatally injured operators, passengers and/or pedestrians.
Of all fatally injured motorcycle operators, 27 percent had BAC levels of 0.08 or higher in 2006. Another 7 percent had lower alcohol levels (0.01 to 0.07 BAC.). Fatally injured motorcycle operators between the ages of 35 to 39 had the highest percentage of BACs 0.08 and above (41 percent), compared with 39 percent for those ages 40 to 44. Of fatally injured motorcycle operators age 45-49, 34 percent had BACs 0.08 and above. Forty-one percent of the 1,878 fatally injured motorcycle operators who died in single-vehicle crashes in 2006 (for example, those in which the motorcycle crashed into a stationary object) had BAC levels of 0.08 or higher. On weekend nights, the proportion was higher: 59 percent of motorcycle operators who died in single-vehicle crashes had BACs of 0.08 or higher.
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RE: One for the road...
ORIGINAL: DiggerD
No drinking and riding..........................but
No drinking and riding..........................but
Priceless!
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