And to help put you off the idea, here are some drink driving statistics:

• On average 3,000 people are killed or seriously injured each year in drink drive collisions.
• In 2004 more than one in four of all deaths on the road involved drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit.
• Drinking and driving occurs across a wide range of age groups but particularly among young men aged 17-29 in both casualties and positive breath tests following a collision. The Government's most recent drink drive campaigns aims to target this group.
• The latest provisional figures from 2005, show that some 560 people were killed in crashes in which a driver was over the legal limit, 2,100 were seriously injured and 12,740 were slightly injured.
• And if you think you won't get caught, more than half a million breath tests are carried out each year and on average 100,000 are found to be positive.

Drinking and Driving Don't Mix

• The legal limit in the UK is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. However, any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive safely. The effects can include:
• slower reactions
• increased stopping distance
• poorer judgement of speed and distance
• reduced field of vision
• Alcohol also tends to make you feel over-confident and more likely to take risks when driving, which increases the danger to all road users, including yourself.
• There is no failsafe guide as to how to stay under the legal alcohol limit or how much you can drink and still drive safely. It depends on:
• your weight, sex, age, metabolism
• stress levels
• an empty stomach
• the amount and type of alcohol
• The only safe option is not to drink if you plan to drive. Never offer a drink to someone else who is driving.