BAC and Standard Drinks

[adamc11]

So most of you would know that for men it is generally 2 std drinks in the first hour, and 1 every hour after that.
Now, by sculling 2 std drinks in say 2 minutes, would your BAC exceeed 0.05, or does that take your BAC to 0.05 and not over? Or do you need to have 2 std drinks slowly over a period of 1 hour to maintain a 0.05 BAC without exceeding 0.05?

Thanks.

[VrWagz1]

I beleive you will go over of you scull 2 drinks and then and drive home. You need to wait the hour first then you will be back at .05.

[LightningVP]

So most of you would know that for men it is generally 2 std drinks in the first hour, and 1 every hour after that.
Now, by sculling 2 std drinks in say 2 minutes, would your BAC exceeed 0.05, or does that take your BAC to 0.05 and not over? Or do you need to have 2 std drinks slowly over a period of 1 hour to maintain a 0.05 BAC without exceeding 0.05?

Thanks.

Don't make me think that hard

I'm pretty sure if you scull the 2 drinks in 2 mins it will take longer to leave the system, like if you put 2 ice cubes in the sun, and 2 ice cubes (that have been crushed) the crushed ones will melt quicker due to surface area...

[nicko]

its basically that a males body can process 2 standard drinks in the first hour and 1 std drink every hour after to stay within 0.05. If you slamed down two std drinks in 2 minutes then went for a drive and got pulled over, you would have a high reading due to booze still being in your mouth. The officer will wait 15 minutes after you tell him you JUST drank a few minutes ago. Then you will prob have a reading higher than 0.05 but after the 30min wait for the secondary test you would be under. However these are just a guideline.

If you get done for say 0.08 first time then on the secondary test it is 0.06 just request a blood test because the believe those readings to be false. By the time you have blood taken you will be under the limit.

[Julie]

Or better yet, just don't drink at all I think it would be bloody stupid to cut things so close. That figure of 2 standard drinks in the first hour and one every hour afterwards are for the average male, but what is an average male? May not be you, everyone is different and will take different amounts of time for alcohol to leave body. Personally I would play it safe and wait at least a couple of hours, its just not worth taking the risk.

[Rufus®]

If you scull 2 standard drinks and then drove straight after you'd finished, you'd be under the limit (depending on how far you were driving). It takes time for the alcohol to be absorbed into the blood (nothing to do with alcohol in your mouth). I'm not sure how long it takes, or if once it was absorbed into the blood, you'd be over the limit. But it does take time.

As Julie said, if you're unsure, don't drive.

[calais_304]

really depends, myself i can be ****faced and still be under the limit...but i knwo im ****faced so i don't drive...but quite easially could, everyones different...to put it another way, i can have 4 drinks in the first hour and easially 2-3 every hour after that for the whole night...wait about 40min before i wanna go, drink some water and im sweet...(going by the breath tester we got)

[crazyspoon05]

As everyone else has said it depends on a number of factors

Age, weight, time of day, when you last ate, what you ate, the type of drinks they were, etc

calais_304, i wouldn't be trusting a breath tester that says you're fine to drive after that amount of alcohol

Don't forget readings from personal breath testers can't be used as an excuse if you are pulled up and given a breath test by the police that gives a more accurate reading

[LightningVP]

As everyone else has said it depends on a number of factors

Age, weight, time of day, when you last ate, what you ate, the type of drinks they were, etc

calais_304, i wouldn't be trusting a breath tester that says you're fine to drive after that amount of alcohol

Don't forget readings from personal breath testers can't be used as an excuse if you are pulled up and given a breath test by the police that gives a more accurate reading

yes...after about 3 goes

[Philthy]

From a drink driving course:
As a ROUGH guide to calculate BAC count the number of standard drinks, add 1, then subtract the number of hours you have been drinking for.
8 standard beers over 4 hours: 8+1-4 = .05

For women count number of standard drinks, double it, then add 1 and subtract the hours.

But as I said, that is a rough guide only, it depends on too many factors