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> For a 180lb male, it would take 4 drinks for them to become over the legal limit That's not true, but I don't blame you — I learned the same thing in school.

> For a 180lb male, it would take 4 drinks for them to become over the legal limit That's not true, but I don't blame you — I learned the same thing in school. As I recall, the 'drinks' they used were 10-ounce servings of 3.2 beer, not 16-ounce servings of 5.8% beer. And the limit now is 3/4 of what it used to be (was .12, then .10, now .08). A single good beer is enough to throw you over the limit. Just don't have a drink and then drive. Never mind whether you can drive just fine or not after one drink[0]: it's just not worth the legal consequences regardless. 0: I used to think it was okay, but I no longer do.

bluedino 7y ago
12oz (1 can) of 4.5% beer https://www.tabc.state.tx.us/publications/brochures/BACCharts.pdf https://www.tabc.state.tx.us/publications/brochures/BACChart... 4 drinks for 180lb male gives .08 BAC, not accounting for time to drink (every 40 minutes lowers by .01)
- leetcrew 7y ago
  if you drink bud light or coors, sure, this chart will work well for you. GP mentioned "a single good beer", which I take to mean that they like to drink craft beers, which are likely to be well over 4.5%. most IPAs seem to fall between 5.5 and 7%. most tripels are around 9%. cocktails can vary a lot, but my favorite (the manhattan) is about two standard drinks. a typical old fashioned is around 1.5 standard drinks depending on the choice of whiskey. if you have more than one type of beverage, especially cocktails you don't know the exact recipe for, it becomes nontrivial to estimate how much you have consumed. also, it's sort of hard to trust these charts. I've looked at four or five from various trustworthy-seeming sources and they don't really agree with each other. they make different assumptions for what a standard drink is and some of them round in different directions. I saw one assuming a 1.5oz shot of 80 proof spirit is equivalent to 12oz of 4.5% beer and another equating the same amount of spirit to 12oz of 5% beer. some charts that used the same definition of "standard drink" disagree on the BAC numbers anyway. personally I just assume everything I drink is two standard drinks, and a recommend to my friends that they do the same. I'm unpopular at parties for some reason...
  - javagram 7y ago
    When I am visiting a friend and plan to drive after a drink or two, I usually find and bring a “session beer” that’s 4-5% ABV. There are good beers out there that aren’t 7-8% but it does seem like the majority of craft beer is high ABV and having more than one and then driving is concerning to me. And yeah, avoid mixed drinks or liquors, that’s an easy way to a high BAC sometimes without even realizing it from what I hear people say (getting sick on drinking mixed drinks to the point of intoxication, or so on).

bluedino 7y ago

12oz (1 can) of 4.5% beer https://www.tabc.state.tx.us/publications/brochures/BACCharts.pdf https://www.tabc.state.tx.us/publications/brochures/BACChart... 4 drinks for 180lb male gives .08 BAC, not accounting for time to drink (every 40 minutes lowers by .01)

leetcrew 7y ago
if you drink bud light or coors, sure, this chart will work well for you. GP mentioned "a single good beer", which I take to mean that they like to drink craft beers, which are likely to be well over 4.5%. most IPAs seem to fall between 5.5 and 7%. most tripels are around 9%. cocktails can vary a lot, but my favorite (the manhattan) is about two standard drinks. a typical old fashioned is around 1.5 standard drinks depending on the choice of whiskey. if you have more than one type of beverage, especially cocktails you don't know the exact recipe for, it becomes nontrivial to estimate how much you have consumed. also, it's sort of hard to trust these charts. I've looked at four or five from various trustworthy-seeming sources and they don't really agree with each other. they make different assumptions for what a standard drink is and some of them round in different directions. I saw one assuming a 1.5oz shot of 80 proof spirit is equivalent to 12oz of 4.5% beer and another equating the same amount of spirit to 12oz of 5% beer. some charts that used the same definition of "standard drink" disagree on the BAC numbers anyway. personally I just assume everything I drink is two standard drinks, and a recommend to my friends that they do the same. I'm unpopular at parties for some reason...
- javagram 7y ago
  When I am visiting a friend and plan to drive after a drink or two, I usually find and bring a “session beer” that’s 4-5% ABV. There are good beers out there that aren’t 7-8% but it does seem like the majority of craft beer is high ABV and having more than one and then driving is concerning to me. And yeah, avoid mixed drinks or liquors, that’s an easy way to a high BAC sometimes without even realizing it from what I hear people say (getting sick on drinking mixed drinks to the point of intoxication, or so on).