Remember, the government recommended weekly limits
have no scientific basis. They're just numbers pulled out of someone's arse.

I have a suspicion where they came from. You see, the government standard ambulance response times for a serious incident (heart attack, stroke, RTA) are 75% attended within 8 minutes and 95% attended within 14 minutes.

You know how they determined those numbers? I'm sure you're thinking survivability, competence of bystanders or something.

No. They measured how long it took ambulances to get to incidents, and found that 75% of them got to an incident within 8 minutes, and 95% of them got to an incident within 14 minutes. Then they declared that the standard. That was back in the '70s and they still use those numbers today despite the increase in traffic. You should see the entirely fictional stats that Ambulance Services produce.

So I look at their alcohol limits and figure they just averaged everyone including methodists and muslims.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 22:09, Reply)