in the 80's I had a school holiday job driving around with a bloke doing deliveries to shops and pubs. He often had a pint at every pub throughout the day, so it wasnt a surprise to see him downing 10 pints throughout a 12-14hr day, doing 200miles+ a day! I wasnt even 10 years old back then, but my parents thought this was a good way to keep me out of trouble.

The drink drive culture in the UK was very engrained.

Politicians driving to or from UK parliament on parliamentary business (having to vote) were exempt from the earlier drink drive laws until one of them killed or injured someone. Cant find the link for this anywhere now, so probably been silently cleaned up from the internet.

I know you are, but what am I? (saw-ree!)