By JOLENE OGLE
POLICE are reminding locals it can take up to six hours for alcohol to leave your system, after a recent blitz on early morning drink driving caught five people within an hour and a half.
Noosa Heads Officer in Charge Senior Sergeant Steve McReight said police would continue to run RBTs on major roads on Saturday and Sunday mornings, in a bid to reduce early-morning drink driving.
The five drivers were caught driving over the limit in Tewantin two Sundays ago, with two more drink drivers caught in the same area last Sunday.
“Many people think they are able to drive after a good night’s sleep, but it can take up to six hours for alcohol to completely leave your body,” he said.
“The common belief that one drink takes one hour to leave your system applies only when one standard drink is consumed per hour.
“Not everyone drinks just one standard drink an hour. So if you have a few, stop drinking at 2am, sleep for a few hours and then drive, you are probably going to be over the limit.”
Snr Sgt McReight said police will continue to blitz early-morning drink driving.
