{"id":21579,"date":"2021-06-10T18:45:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=21579"},"modified":"2021-06-10T18:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:45:38","slug":"please-dont-drink-and-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/06\/10\/please-dont-drink-and-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"PLEASE DON&#039;T DRINK AND DRIVE."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drink-drive is back on the agenda as the weather hots up and social activity resumes, with BBQs in the back garden and visits to the pub.\u00a0 June is traditionally the second biggest month for roadside breath tests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-21580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Staycations will mean people driving more while on holiday in the UK this summer and\u00a0sports venues are re-opening their gates for live events as well \u2013 so motorists are more likely to unintentionally drink-drive the morning after socialising, posing a risk to themselves and other road users.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol consumption also rose during lockdown.\u00a0In a recent poll carried out by AlcoSense Breathalysers, 44 per cent of respondents in England, Scotland and Wales admitted they\u2019ve been drinking increased amounts.<\/p>\n<p>Almost a fifth of drink-drive convictions are \u2018morning after\u2019 and a third of all breath tests after an accident are conducted in the morning (between 7am and 1pm).<\/p>\n<p>Even if you\u2019re under the legal limit, alcohol slows your reaction time, inhibits judgement and reduces both concentration and coordination &#8211; increasing the likelihood of an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Several models are available in the AlcoSense range for example the entry-level\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alcosense.co.uk\/alcosense\/alcosense-lite-2.html\">Lite 2<\/a>, the best-selling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alcosense.co.uk\/alcosense\/alcosense-excel.html\">Excel<\/a>\u00a0or the high-spec\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alcosense.co.uk\/alcosense\/alcosense-pro.html\">Pro<\/a>\u00a0<strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Drink-drive is back on the agenda as the weather hots up and social activity resumes, with BBQs in the back garden and visits to the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/06\/10\/please-dont-drink-and-drive\/\" title=\"PLEASE DON&#039;T DRINK AND DRIVE.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}