40% of drivers take â?~morning afterâ?T risk.

Men and younger drivers are more likely to risk driving under the influence the morning after drinking, a study by AA Ireland has found. It also shows almost one in seven people have taken a lift from someone they know or suspected was over the limit in the past year. Young men aged up to 24 were more than twice as likely to have taken a lift from a drink-driver than other groups. With Garda checkpoints operating day and night in a Christmas enforcement campaign, participants were also asked if they had driven â?~the morning after night beforeâ?T, unsure if they were over the limit. While 40% have done so, three-quarters had only done so rarely. Just 2% did so regularly, and about a dozen did so every day. However, the numbers were reversed when the answers of younger drivers are taken on their own, with 60% of those aged 17-to-24 having taken the â?~morning- afterâ?T risk. Almost 45% of men had done so, compared to just 35% or females. More than 70% of young men and half of young women have taken the risk in the last year. On a county level, the highest percentage of respondents in Wicklow (22%), Louth (19%), Kilkenny (17%), Longford (17%) and Meath (17%) in that order admitted that they had gotten in a car with a driver they knew had drunk more than they should have. Another concern the AA is highlighting which it feels is often underestimated is the danger of driving with a bad hangover. 40% of those polled by AA Motor Insurance stated that they had run the risk of driving â?othe morning after the night beforeâ? within the last year while unsure if their blood alcohol level had returned to within the legally permissible limit. Yet again this figure was higher among the 17-24 year olds polled with 59% stating they had done so.