So that's what it is like to drink and drive.
I don't drink – never have, don't like the stuff, so I'm not being holier-than-anyone – but I wore a specially designed 'suit' that mimics the physical effects of alcohol on your body.
And I got behind the wheel of a small car to see how I reacted.
I saw double and couldn't hear properly most of the time.
I was certain I was going straight.
I wasn't.
I ploughed into cones that I had swung around with ease before I donned the 'suit'.
For cones substitute pedestrian, pole, parked car or whatever and the gravity of the experiment quickly drained the fun of doing it.
I strayed madly from the white line I had walked with military ease only minutes previously.
And I caught a tennis ball once in six attempts with the suit on. I caught it every time beforehand.
Now don't think I was in any way predisposed to proving the obvious here. I was not. This was personal. I did my utmost.
To be honest, I wanted to prove Ford wrong, or at least show that I could do better than average by relying on basic driving skill, experience and intuition.
I won't deny that the suit posed a major challenge. It is not so much a suit as a series of scientifically generated bits and pieces that distort and reduce your body's ability to react.
Source: Eddie Cunningham, Irish Independent, 30/04/14
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