May 2006 - Privilege Insurance Press Release. Thousands of wedding guests are falling foul of drink drive laws this year, according to new research from safe driver champion, Privilege Insurance. Almost one in three (32 per cent) drivers at weddings admitted to drinking over the legal limit* while almost one in ten (9 per cent) drivers took to their cars within three hours of having a drink. In the most serious cases, over one in six (16 per cent) drivers consumed more than 10 units of alcohol - of which, almost one in ten (nine per cent) then got behind the wheel of their car.  Of those drivers who have driven after drinking at a wedding, almost one in five (18 per cent) drove over 50 miles.

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*The legal alcohol limit for driving in the UK is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.  This statistic is based on an adult drinking more than 3 units of alcohol. Notes The research was conducted between 25th and 27th April 2006. YouGov interviewed a sample of 2342 individuals in GB. The survey was carried out online. Results were weighted to be representative of the known profile of population from the 2001 Census. Privilege Insurance -