Drinking and Driving

All the Scandinavian countries have (much) stricter drink driving laws than some of our more distant vistors may be used to. In addition, it is quite common (at least in Norway) for the police to stop all trafic to check for 'over the limit' drivers.

The only safe advice (both for the benefit of other road users, and for the health of your driving licence) is:

'do not drink any alcohol at all if you intend to drive'

Remember also that it takes a long time to elliminate alcohol from your system and you may well still be illegal the next morning (a favorite time for spot checks), or even the next afternoon/evening.

On the plus side, no-one here will think it strange if you drink soft drinks or coffee in a bar and no-one will press you to take 'just one'; everyone knows, understands and generally approves of the laws.

Maybe it would be good if other countries had similar laws?

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Udated by Tony, 12 November, 1995.