Many people figure a few beers at a ballgame or a couple of glasses of wine with dinner won't put them over the legal limit for driving. But how alcohol affects people is highly individual, with a number of factors in the mix.
A few comments
-Quick shots effect the blood stream faster than sipping
-Drinking on an empty stomach impairs reflexes
-Women and older drinkers reach intoxication faster than men and younger drinkers
-Conditions of stress, fatigue and depression increases the impact of alcohol
-Heavier drinkers can tolerate more alcohol than skinny folks
-People that drink often are able to drink more before becoming intoxicated than those that only occasionally drink.
Drinkers who think they can tell when they have had enough are very often wrong . Further, in America, it is illegal for adults to drive with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above .08%, which represents the percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream. For drivers under 21, any alcohol in the blood is illegal. Most experts agree, consuming one drink slowly over an entire hour is unlikely to make a person inebriated.
Remember, drink your craft beer responsibly and have a designated driver .... just in case.
1 comment:
Some rather obvius fcts, but all useful.
Would be nice to have bartenders and waiters educate drunks that had too much to drink these simple points.
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