1995 Chevrolet Blazer Owner's Manual - Page 157

According to the American Medical Association,180-pound (82kg) a person who drinks three 12-ounce (355 ml) bottlesof beer in an hour will end up with a BAC about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the same of BAC by drinking three &ounce (120 ml) glassesof wine or three mixed drinks if each had 1-1/2 ounces (45 rnl) of a liquorlike whiskey, gin or vodka. It's the amount of alcohol that counts. For example, if the same person drank three double martinis ounces or 90 ml of liquor each) within an (3 hour, the person's BAC would be close 0.12 percent. A person who to consumes food just before or during drinking will have somewhat lower a BAC level. There is a gender difference, too. Women generally have a lower relative percentage of body water thanmen. Since alcoholis carried in body water, this means that a woman generally will reach a higher BAC level than man of her same body weight when each has same number of drinks. the The law in many U.S. states sets the legal limit at BAC of 0.10 percent. In a a growing number U.S. states, and throughout of Canada, the limit is 0.08 percent. In some other countries it's even lower. BAC limitfor all The commercial drivers in the . is 0.04 percent. U.S The BAC will beover 0.10 percent after three to six drinks (in hour). Of one course, as we've seen, it dependson how much alcohol in thedrinks, and is how quickly the person drinks them. But the ability to driveis affected well below BAC of 0.10 percent. a Research shows that the driving skills many peopleare impaired at a of BAC approaching0.05 percent, and that the effects worse atnight. All are drivers are impaired at BAC levels above percent. Statistics show that 0.05 the chanceof being in a collision increases sharply drivers who have a for BAC of 0.05 percent or above. A driver with a BAC level 0.06 percent of has doubled his her chanceof having a collision. At a BAC level of or 0.10 percent, the chance this driver having a collision twelve times greater; of is at a level of 0.15 percent, the chance is twenty-five times greater! 4-3