If you look at the Traffic Police guidelines, they usually will not say how much you CAN drink before you hit the roads. The general idea is NOT to drink and drive. Given that now they can ALSO charge you for being irresponsible road user even with a little bit of alcohol found. This is what Singaporeans usually say, The Traffic Police trying to be Guai Lan!  Let’s just say this, nothing beats the law and also we must also realize that the car can be a weapon of murder ( in fact it is a machine that can do crazy things if not handled properly). Which is why in the guidelines , you will never find things like: You can drink one can of beer , or one glass of wine. Let us look at the mathematics of alcohol in drinks.

Alcohol is normally measured in the “unites” of 10 ML of alcohol. This is the amount of alcohol contained in a half pint of 3.5% beer. The rate of absorption of alcohol into the blood stream also varies from people to people, it also depends on the level of hydration of the person and whether food was consumed and what type of food. Lets just say, there are so many combinations and pattern that can cause changes to the rate of alcohol being absorbed to your body.

One unit of alcoholic drink is considered to be 125ml of wine, or half a pint of beer. Usually it takes about one hour to get one unit to be processed by an adult body and subsequently flushed out of your body. This is also provided that you also hydrate yourself during that hour, else it might take event longer. Therefore if you are outside drinking and need to take a public transport, be sure that you have ample time to clear out before getting up the train all smelling like cat pee . Of course driving is definitely not an option to drive especially at night.