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There is a gender difference,

too.

Women generally

have a lower relative percentage

body water

than men. Since alcohol is carried in body water, this

means that a woman generally will reach a higher BAC

level than a man of her same body weight when

each has the same number

drinks.

The law in an increasing number of

U.S.

states, and

throughout Canada, sets the legal limit at

0.08

percent.

In some other countries, the limit is even lower. For

example, it

0.05

percent in both France and Germany.

The BAC limit for all commercial drivers in the United

States is

0.04

percent.

The BAC will be over

0.1

percent after three to six

drinks (in one hour).

course, as we’ve seen, it

depends on how much alcohol is in the drinks, and how

quickly the person drinks them.

But the ability to drive is affected well below a BAC of

0.10

percent. Research shows that the driving skills

many people are impaired at a BAC approaching

0.05

percent, and that the effects are worse at night.

All drivers are impaired at BAC levels above

0.05

percent.

Statistics show that the chance

being in a collision

increases sharply for drivers who have

BAC

0.05

percent or above. A driver with a BAC level of

0.06

percent has doubled his or her chance of having

collision. At a BAC level

0.10

percent, the chance

of this driver having a collision is

times greater; at a

level

0.15

percent, the chance is

times greater!

The body takes about an hour to rid itself

the alcohol

in one drink.

amount of coffee or number of cold

showers will speed that up. ‘‘I’ll be careful” isn’t the right

answer. What

there’s an emergency, a need to

take sudden action, as when a child darts into the

street?

person with even a moderate BAC might not

be able to react quickly enough to avoid the collision.

There’s something else about drinking and driving that

many people don’t know. Medical research shows

that alcohol in a person’s system can make crash

injuries worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal

cord or heart. This means that when anyone who

has been drinking

driver or passenger

is in a

crash, that person’s chance

being killed or

permanently disabled is higher than

the person had

not been drinking.

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