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It’s the amount of alcohol that counts. For example, if

the same person drank three double martinis

ounces

ml of liquor each) within an hour,

the

person’s

BAC would be close to 0.12 percent.

person who

consumes food just before or during drinking will have

somewhat lower BAC level.

There is

gender difference, too. Women generally have

lower relative percentage of body water than

men.

Since aicohol is carried

body water, this means that

woman generally will reach

higher BAC level than

man

her same body weight when each has the same

number

drinks.

The law

many

U.S.

states sets the legal limit at

BAC

of 0.10 percent. In

growing number

U.S.

states, and

throughout Canada, the limit is

0.08

percent. In some

other countries, it’s even lower. The BAC limit for all

commercial drivers

the United States is

0.04

percent.

The BAC will be over

0.10

percent after three to

six

drinks

(in

one hour). Of course,

we’ve seen, it

depends on how much alcohol is in the drinks, and how

quickly the person drinks them.

But the ability

drive is affected well below

BAC

0.10

percent. Research shows that the driving skills

of many people are impaired

BAC approaching

0.05

percent, and that the effects are worse at night. All

drivers are impaired at BAC levels above

0.05

percent.

Statistics show that the chance of being in

collision

increases sharply for drivers who have

BAC of

0.05

percent or above.

driver with

BAC level of

0.06

percent has doubled his or her chance

having

collision. At

BAC level

0.10

percent,

the

chance of

this driver having

collision is 12 times greater; at

level

0.15

percent, the chance

25 times greater!

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