Chevrolet 1997 Cavalier Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 166)

It’s

the amount of alcohol that counts. For example, if

the same person drank three double martinis

ounces

liquor each) within an hour, the person’s

BAC would be close to 0.12 percent. A person who

consumes food just before or during drinking will have

somewhat lower BAC level.

There is a gender difference,

too.

Women generally have

a lower relative percentage of body water than men.

Since alcohol is carried in body water, this means that

woman generally will reach a higher BAC level than a

man

her same body weight when each has the same

number of drinks.

The law in many

U.S.

states sets the legal limit at a BAC

0.10

percent. In a growing number of

U.S.

states, and

throughout Canada, the limit

0.08

percent. In some

other countries, it’s even lower. The BAC limit for all

commercial drivers in the United States

0.04

percent.

The BAC will be over

0.10

percent after three to

six

drinks

(in one hour). Of course, as we’ve seen, it

depends on how much alcohol

the drinks, and how

quickly the person drinks them.

But the ability to drive

affected well below

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 of being in a collision

increases sharply for drivers who have a BAC of

0.05

percent or above. A driver with

BAC level of

0.06

percent has doubled his or her chance

having a

collision. At a BAC level of

0.10

percent, the chance of

this driver having a collision

times greater; at a

level of 0.15 percent, the chance

25 times greater!

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