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"if you live in west Texas or Montana these laws make it almost impossible to drink in a social setting legally" Most states have BAC of .08 to .1. if you are
by pcurve 7y ago
"if you live in west Texas or Montana these laws make it almost impossible to drink in a social setting legally"
Most states have BAC of .08 to .1. if you are adult male you can comfortably have 3 drinks over the course of couple hours.
Do people drink much more than this at typical social settings?
- otterley 7y agoIf the machines used to test BAC were reliable, I’d agree with you. The issue isn’t the question of whether you’re actually impaired; it’s whether you’re not impaired but the machine falsely claims you are.
- leetcrew 7y agoit depends a lot on what you mean by "drink". let's assume I only drink 12oz beers at 5% ABV and 1.5oz shots of 80 proof, and I'm hanging out with friends for three hours before going home. if I, a 140lb male, have three drinks, starting the first one the moment I show up, I will be just under the legal limit when I leave. [0] if I get pulled over and the breathalyzer is off by even 0.01, I may well be spending the night in jail. the bigger problem is that I rarely ever consume a "standard drink". the beers I typically drink are anywhere between 6% and 8% ABV, making my typical beer somewhere between 1.2 and 1.6 standard drinks. if I go to a bar and order my favorite cocktail, the manhattan, that one serving is around two standard drinks. I'm already close to the legal limit by the time I finish my first one! if I have a typical beer and cocktail and don't slam the first one immediately, I need to wait at least four hours before driving home. as an aside: be very careful when you read BAC charts online. several of the top google hits for "BAC chart" take 1.25oz of 80 proof liquor to be a standard drink. I've never seen a shot glass under 1.5oz in my whole life. [0] https://www.alcohol.org/bac-calculator/ https://www.alcohol.org/bac-calculator/