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Q - How many beers produce an illegal BAC? So you’ve had a few beers... How many would it typically take to produce a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or higher, making it illegal to drive in the State of California? A - While the answer depends on many variables, if you started drinking at 10pm and consumed one beer every 15 minutes until 11:30, your blood alcohol could be well over the California .08 legal limit by Midnight, and stay there until 2 to 3 am! |
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Q - Assume that a man and woman each weighing the same consume an identical amount of alcohol. Who will have the highest BAC? A - Women generally have a much higher fat content in their bodies than men. There is also scientific data which indicates the metabolic rate, absorption, distribution and elimination of alcohol, is different for women than for men. This explains why women will achieve a higher BAC on what would appear to be much less alcohol than consumed by a man of approximately the same weight. Q - Three men of equal size and weight start drinking six beers. One starts at 8pm, the next starts at 9pm, and the last at 10pm. They all finish their last drink at 11:15. How do their BACs differ? A - Amazingly, they will all have about the same BAC at the time they stop drinking, and their blood alcohol levels will continue to rise at different rates over the next hour. Find out why! |
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