In message , Chris Tolley
writes
A big bloke, used to a few beers, would be far more competent whilst
over the limit than somebody smaller and unused to alcohol
This is precisely the "logic" that causes people to die on the roads.
The more familiar one is with alcohol, the less one has the capacity to
judge how competent one is. Those who are most familiar with it of all
have IME only passing contact with reality, and even when they haven't
had a drink for days, they may be very dangerous indeed in a car.

Being a big bloke makes no difference. The limit is measured
independently of body mass.
That has to be rubbish. Surely an eight stone woman will have half the
level of alcohol to get to the same limit as a 16 stone man. Simply by
the greater dilution of body mass and fluids.
--
Clive