I've never used a breathalyzer and never understood those charts. Obviously it's not the same for everyone but I don't see any way that 5 drinks in an hour is the average to blow a .08 for a 180 lb. man and 6 drinks in an hour to blow a .08 for a 220 lb. man.
With states nationwide, cracking down on drinking and driving people want to know exactly how many drinks it be impaired and what constitutes as a DWI in Missouri.
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We install breathalyzers for the state of Florida and 1shot of 80%whiskey= 1- 7oz glass of wine= 1-12oz can of beer. Each is assessed a value of .02. Consuming a combination of any 5 in 1 hour would put you at .1 minus.02 for every hour that transpires leaves you at .08 which is the limit in most states ( that’s about to go down to.06). We’ve had people come in with levels of .4 ( can be sometimes fatal) of be on their 4th of 5th DUI. It’s a huge problem ( DUI’s slowed down during the lock down, bars were closed) but things are getting worse rather quickly now that the bars are back open like you’d expect. It’s a huge problem for sure abd there’s absolutely no excuse for it …..non whatsoever. I wouldn’t mind if our income from that part of our business went down if it meant people actually becoming responsible… but I doubt it….
We had one in college we used to use to see who could get the highest reading. It was a legit $150 one too.
Im not sure if tolerance plays into how high someone registers but it was quite surprising. We obviously had quite high tolerance at the time.
0.08 took a fair amount of “standard” drinks to get to (maybe 4 in an hour) and definitely feeling buzzed. Getting to .12 meant you were getting sloshed (maybe 9 or 10 “standard” drinks in 2-3 hours). To get into the .16 and above range was impressive because you need to keep drinking at a really heavy & fast pace so it doesn’t wear off. Black out territory.
There is always a variable in how people respond to the alcohol they consume- sleep/rest, food, agitation, tolerance for alchoholics, etc but that has minimal effect on what you are going to blow.
As a frame of reference I learned a 200 lbs man gets about .02 drink as described by
@UConniki - one regular beer (think 4%), 5-7 oz of table wine or 1 1/2 ounce of 80 proof liquor. Also your body should be able to "process" about one drink per hour. So if you took 5 drinks over two hours, you have about 3 drinks left in your body.
As for this specific case, it wouldn't surprise me if he had some stronger liquors- Bourbons are routinely 90 proof or higher, or DIPA type beers that are higher in content and served in 16 oz glasses instead of a 12 ounce serving. Regardless, very poor choice on his part is the best I light I can put on this.