How much can I drink before I am over the limit?
The legal blood-alcohol limit in South Africa is less than 0,05g per 100ml
Although you might still feel perfectly fine by the time you leave that New Year’s Eve party and tell yourself that you only had three drinks, you are in for a surprise if stopped at a road block.
Here is how many units (one unit equals 0,02g per 100ml, in other words already nearly half the limit) of different types of alcohol will result in your being over the limit:
• 1 x 75ml glass of wine = 1 unit
• 1 x 250ml glass of wine = 3,3 units
• 1 x shot/ shooter = ½ unit in most instances
• 1 x spirit cooler = about 1,25 units
• 1 x beer = 1,5 units, possibly more
• 1 x cider = 2 units
• 1 x 25ml tot of spirits = 1 unit
• 1 x cocktail = between 2 and 4 units
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