Had a conversation with a guy at work yesterday.

We all know that you lose one beer or drink per hour but how many drinks does it take an average 200 pound guy to get to the legal limit of .10 or .08 (in some states).

i thought you stop by a bar after work down two beers over an hour, lose one over time and hit the streets with one in your system. you get pulled over for running over a cat accidently and blow something like a .04???

Same situation downing 3 beers over the same hour, lose one over time and blow a .08??

but i'm just guessing.

 

Can also depend on what you've eaten. A stomach full of food may delay absorption of the alcohol.

 

once drank 3 beers in an hour (crappy light beer, mind you... miller or bud), then took 20 minutes off to let it settle/absorb

took breathalyzer (non police issue but still)

.07

i weighed ~150 lbs

At 200 lbs, 3 beers in an hour is probably safe

 

When I worked at Budweiser, we tried to figure this out. We all got tired of guessing that we were okay to drive, so management bought us all portable breathalyzer machines. Of course, we had to try it out.

Without any formal testing environments or controlled situations, we found that on average 2 beers on a normal stomach in an hour would put us at JUST below the legal limit (.08 in Washington).

There are a lot of controlled circumstances that factor into how fast you get to the legal limit...every one is different.

 

When taking the responsible vendor class I learned that foods high in fat can speed up the absorption. Like a burger and fries with beer is not a great combo.

 

How accurate are OTC brethalyzers?

 

2-3 is the general rule. In states where .08 is the limit, two beers can put you over. Of course, most drunk drivers involved in accidents have BACs closer to .20, usually well above legal limits.

 

They are pretty close, but I don't think they are reputable enough to stand up in court. They give you a general idea of where you are. But if I would hit a .08, I would usually wait another hour just to be safe.

 

You can buy one online... I had one I bought off ebay cost me close to $100... was a fun thing to have at parties... the one thing to realize about breathalizers the more recently you've had a drink the higher you register... even if your bac isn't really that high. ie: we would make a game to drink a sh!t ton and blow right after to see who could get the highest. We got it up to over .30.... which is obviously not accurate.. at that point you would be dead or atleast comatose.

http://www.boozingear.com/bactrack-select-...=shopcomparison

 

My girlfriend's step dad is a fighter pilot and was telling me a story about one of the bars on his base a few years back. It was decided that these guys were drinking way too much and driving so a breathalyzer was installed by the door to discourage drunk driving.

As to be expected with crazy pilot dudes, it had the opposite effect on minimizing alcohol intake, and started a longstanding competition to get the high-score.

My dad bought me one a couple years back because he thought I was drinking too much. We also started a competition until the unit stopped working

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