Ski insurance restrictions

Far Queue wrote: -) would you be happy to argue that with your insurance company?

Im not sure it would ever come to that really.
2 Pints max isn't going to make me reckless or stink of alcohol so I'm not sure i would give any doctor any reason to to test for it.
I think clauses like that are for those that party hard at places like the folio douce and ski back to resort legless. In which case they deserve to have claims refused.

Far Queue wrote: -) would you be happy to argue that with your insurance company?

Snapzzz wrote:Well if that were solid surely the police would use that when prosecuting drink drivers? As far as i know they take a reading from the machine, in the station, at the time of the test. So it can't be an exact science......can it?

Actually a quick google suggests that they do back calculate :(

Example of a Derbyshire Police form here.. BackCalculationinDrinkDrivingCases.pdf

Bloody google has an answer for everything!

A really lazy piece of 'journalism', same old regurgitated stuff with little substance that isn't common sense. Doesn't sound as if the writer knows one end of a ski from the other.

My answer is don't get drunk on a piste full of snow and don't piss on a drunk that falls in the snow.

I don't drink during a ski day, but will have a last run gluhwein at the top. By then the slopes are empty, and there is less threat. It is also the time of day, when the piste patrols need an extra bod or two.

A couple of the guys in our chalet were enjoying themselves in La Folie Douce last week. Apparently one heavily inebriated patron was intending to ski back down to La Daille at 5pm but was instead 'helped' by a couple of staff to get into the telecabin.

I helped the liftie load two Irish guys into the gondola one time, and we debated should we put them in separate gondelas, but elected to put them in together, with an external marker bar.

There are different aspects to the drink issue here. Most people are thinking capability, whereas the police and insurance companies are thinking culpability.

Aptly and intelligently put Dave Mac. That is good thinking because, as in driving, most people assume they are still capable of avoiding an obstacle (pedestrian, biker, skier etc) after having a few drinks and then, unfortunately, sometimes facing the reality of failure afterwards. The sad thing is the innocent victim involved who sometimes comes off worse, which is unforgivable if the perpetrator was tipsy at the time. By all means enjoy a drink but always consider REALISTICALLY how much you can take before it affects your true capability. Remember, Dutch courage will make you think you can ski as fast (or even better) than you normally do, but are your reflexes still fast enough to avoid an unexpected incident that could leave more than just yourself incapacitated......and expensively out of pocket if culpability is proven to be your fault!