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Sorry, there is no way you can drink 1.4 bottles of wine in 2 hours and blow a 0.07. Sorry, but this is a huge problem and the reason there are so many people

Sorry, there is no way you can drink 1.4 bottles of wine in 2 hours and blow a 0.07. Sorry, but this is a huge problem and the reason there are so many people who drink and drive. If people realized they were over the 0.08 limit, they probably wouldn't drive, however, many people think they are under when they are not.

Retric 15y ago
7 glasses of wine over 2 hours ~= 6 glasses of wine in 1 hour for a reasonably healthy person. A 140 LB male drinking 6 glasses of wine ~= BAC of approximately .16. I weigh twice that .08. However, a full stomach can significantly delay the amount of time to takes alcohol to enter the blood stream. Not that I would actually drive like this, I do these calculations using the 140lb model to play it safe. In a fasting individual, it is generally agreed that 10% to 20% of a dose of alcohol is absorbed from the stomach (the volume of alcohol affects the absorption) and 75% to 80% is absorbed from the small intestine. Because of this peak blood alcohol concentrations are achieved in fasting people within 0.5 to 2.0 hours, (average 0.75 - 1.35 hours depending upon dose and time of last meal) while non-fasting people exhibit peak alcohol concentrations within 1.0, and in extreme cases up to as much as 4.0 hours (average 1.06 - 2.12 hours). http://www.intox.com/t-Physiology.aspx http://www.intox.com/t-Physiology.aspx PS: Again, this assume 'standard' glass of wine many people poor more than twice that into a single cup and call it a glass. If your actually going to drive play it vary save and or drink beer with alcohol content printed on the label.
- cullenking 15y ago
  Being 280lbs certainly helps you out :) With that much wine, the ABV makes a big difference as well. I crunched the numbers using 12% alcohol content, 35 ounces (1.4 750ml bottles), 2 hours and 280lbs to get 0.091, so still not hammered, but with 14% ABV it was over 0.122.
  - Retric 15y ago
    Sure, I prefer the 9-10% ABV side of things because they tend to be sweeter and 5ounces @ 10% = 1 standard drink equivalent so I can just use the chart. Still, I think people are pushing up the alcohol content to compensate for weighing more.

Retric 15y ago

7 glasses of wine over 2 hours ~= 6 glasses of wine in 1 hour for a reasonably healthy person. A 140 LB male drinking 6 glasses of wine ~= BAC of approximately .16. I weigh twice that .08. However, a full stomach can significantly delay the amount of time to takes alcohol to enter the blood stream. Not that I would actually drive like this, I do these calculations using the 140lb model to play it safe. In a fasting individual, it is generally agreed that 10% to 20% of a dose of alcohol is absorbed from the stomach (the volume of alcohol affects the absorption) and 75% to 80% is absorbed from the small intestine. Because of this peak blood alcohol concentrations are achieved in fasting people within 0.5 to 2.0 hours, (average 0.75 - 1.35 hours depending upon dose and time of last meal) while non-fasting people exhibit peak alcohol concentrations within 1.0, and in extreme cases up to as much as 4.0 hours (average 1.06 - 2.12 hours). http://www.intox.com/t-Physiology.aspx http://www.intox.com/t-Physiology.aspx PS: Again, this assume 'standard' glass of wine many people poor more than twice that into a single cup and call it a glass. If your actually going to drive play it vary save and or drink beer with alcohol content printed on the label.

cullenking 15y ago
Being 280lbs certainly helps you out :) With that much wine, the ABV makes a big difference as well. I crunched the numbers using 12% alcohol content, 35 ounces (1.4 750ml bottles), 2 hours and 280lbs to get 0.091, so still not hammered, but with 14% ABV it was over 0.122.
- Retric 15y ago
  Sure, I prefer the 9-10% ABV side of things because they tend to be sweeter and 5ounces @ 10% = 1 standard drink equivalent so I can just use the chart. Still, I think people are pushing up the alcohol content to compensate for weighing more.