Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy in America is .08 the legal limit for drunk driving? How come it's not an even 0.10? Who decided at what level being drunk starts? Then 4 beers of 12oz's is 0.08 why is it that small?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down119
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareWhy in America is .08 the legal limit for drunk driving? How come it's not an even 0.10? Who decided at what level being drunk starts? Then 4 beers of 12oz's is 0.08 why is it that small?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoI also have no idea if it’s accurate, I was just granting that premise. As the other person noted, with the definition of percentage being what it is, it necessarily has to be a different number of beers for people with different volumes of blood.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoAs a bigger guy with much higher volume of blood than most of you, no way would I drive after four beers, plus I think that’s wrong
I also have no idea if it’s accurate, I was just granting that premise. As the other person noted, with the definition of percentage being what it is, it necessarily has to be a different number of beers for people with different volumes of blood.
As a bigger guy with much higher volume of blood than most of you, no way would I drive after four beers, plus I think that’s wrong