1993 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 171

Your Driving and the Road Drunken Driving (cam) " The law in most U.S.states sets the legal limit at a BAC of 0.10 percent. In Canada the limit is 0.08 percent, and in some other countries it's lower than that. The BAC will be over0.10 percent after three to six drinks (in onehour). I70 Of course, as we've seen, it depends on how much alcohol in the drinks, and is how quicklythe person drinks them. But it's very important to keep in mind that the ability to drive is affected well below a BAC of 0.10 percent. Research shows that the driving slrills of many people are impaired at a BAG approaching 0.05 percent, andthat the effects are worse at night. All driversare impaired at BAC levels above 0.05 percent. Statisticsshow that the chance of being in an accident increases-sharply for drivers who have BAG of 0.05 a percent orabove. A driver with a BAC level of 0.06 percent (three beers in one hour for a 180-pound or 82 kg person) has doubled his or her chanceof having an accident. Ata BAC level of 0.10 percent, the chance that driver of having an accidentis six times greater; at a level of 0.15 pexent, the chances are twenty-five times greater!And, the body takes about hour to rid itself of an the alcohol in one drink. No amount of coffee or number of cold showers will speed that up. . . I