How many beers can you drink while eating dinner, then legally drive afterwards?!
How many beers can you drink while eating dinner, then legally drive afterwards?
Answers:
The 'right' answer is, none. Consuming one unit of alcohol (12 oz beer/wine, shot of 80 proof liquor) can impair your ability to drive.
The real answer is a lot more complicated. It depends on a lot of different things; most important are your body mass (weight), how fast your body processes (burn rate) alcohol [which is related to your health, medications you are taking, and general metabolism], and how long you were drinking those beers. Most people can metabolize (burn) around 1 unit of alcohol per hour.
Legal intoxication begins at a blood alcohol content level of 0.08; but in certain locales you can be arrested for reckless driving combined with any amount of alcohol in your blood (check the laws in your state to see if they can charge you for driving while impaired [aka driving under the influence] or only for driving while intoxicated).
Below's a calculator to find your apporximate (stress on approximate) BAC based on gender, weight, time, and consumption.