1995 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 195

It's the amountof alcohol that counts.For example, if the same person drank three double martinis (3 ounces or 90 ml of liquor each)within an hour, the person's BAC wouldbe close to 0.12 percent. A person who consumes food just before during drinking will have a somewhat lower or BAC level. There is a gender difference, too. Women generally have a lowerrelative percentage of body water than men. Since alcohol is carried in body a water, this means that woman generally will reach a higher BAC level than a man of her same body weightwhen each hasthe same number of drinks. legal limit at a BAC of 0.10 percent. The law in manyU.S. states sets the In a growing number of U.S. states, and throughout Canada,the limit is 0.08 percent. In some other countries it's even lower. The BAC limitfor all commercial drivers in the U.S. is 0.04 percent. The BAC be over 0.10 percent after threeto six drinks (in one hour). will Of course, as we've seen, it depends onhow much alcohol is in the drinks, and how quickly the person drinks them. 4-4