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Originally posted by srussell0018 Your body processes 1 drink (.02% bac) per hour.

Yes. One drink an hour. No matter what kind.

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So if you slam 3 shots at once, 3 hours later your bac should be 0%.

Stop saying stupid shit.

The stats are from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Find a more reliable source for your 12 hour claim and I'll delete my post.

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights The stats are from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Find a more reliable source for your 12 hour claim and I'll delete my post.

I dont want you to delete your post, I want you to not drive after drinking.

For professional drivers there is a period of 12-hour you can not have been drinking, before getting in the seat of a vehicle, and I do believe these are international (at least EU), and it is because everybody metabolizes alcohol differently and there are far too many factors too include that a simple list with time+alcohol amount just isn't accurate enough, and the fact that your government think it is, is beyond me. And most other countries in the world.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi Yes. One drink an hour. No matter what kind. Stop saying stupid shit.

Yes, 1 drink = 12oz beer, one shot, one glass of wine. 3 shots is the same as 3 beers, ergo, if you drink 3 drinks within 10 minutes, they will be out of your system in 3 hours.

Math is hard.

Regardless, most adult males could have 3 drinks in an hour and still be fine to drive immediately after finishing the last one. Hence the legal limit being .08% (3-4 drinks).

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi I dont want you to delete your post, I want you to not drive after drinking. For professional drivers there is a period of 12-hour you can not have been drinking, before getting in the seat of a vehicle, and I do believe these are international (at least EU), and it is because everybody metabolizes alcohol differently and there are far too many factors too include that a simple list with time+alcohol amount just isn't accurate enough, and the fact that your government think it is, is beyond me. And most other countries in the world.

Fair enough. I totally agree with you that it's much more complicated than the simple math presented (though, those factors are all discussed in some depth over the rest of that article). Still, I think the whole 'not a single drop of alcohol' stigma is going wayyy too far. It's a tyrannical crusade, imo. If I drink 3 beers over a 2 hour span and then wait 3 hours to drive (as I did in the story I shared here) then I know myself to be stone cold sober. Perhaps that isn't true for everyone but it certainly is for me. I believe that I was fine to drive a full hour before that even, but it's important to exercise caution in these matters as the penalties are so harsh.

People who say it's unsafe to drive after 1 drink are morans.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

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Regardless, most adult males could have 3 drinks in an hour and still be fine to drive immediately after finishing the last one. Hence the legal limit being .08% (3-4 drinks).

Which is stupidly high. In Norway the legal limit is .02%. Many of the -ia's and surrounding countries even have 0.0%.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 Yes, 1 drink = 12oz beer, one shot, one glass of wine. 3 shots is the same as 3 beers, ergo, if you drink 3 drinks within 10 minutes, they will be out of your system in 3 hours. Math is hard.

Yes, because all types of wine have the same alcohol level. That's a well known fact. Everybody also knows that a Piña Colada and a Long Island Iced Tea have the exact same alcohol content.

The rate of consumption also plays a big role in both how inebriated you get and the rate of which you get there. Getting drunk fast doesn't =staying drunk for 3 hours then suddenly not be drunk again.

It takes the body roughly 25 minutes from you have ingested the last unit of alcohol to reach a plateau of drunkenness, in which it will stay for, as you said, 3 hours, followed by a decrease in inebreation, or a come-down if you'd like. Just like with those ecstasies you had one too many of.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 People who say it's unsafe to drive after 1 drink are morans.

i wouldnt consider driving tired, or after drinking safe.

stop being a drunk, and focus on the damn driving.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby I almost wish zidumare was my alt.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi

Yes. .08% is stupidly high. American lawmakers must be pro-drinking and driving. OR maybe it's that a normal person who isn't an idiot can operate a car perfectly fine with a BAC of .06%.

I think you're just a pussy.

Sure, not all people should drive after drinking, but it's equally stupid to say that nobody should drive even after drinking a small amount.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

Driving home one evening, it is raining like crazy. This black car from New York has no lights on and decides to turn without warning. Thankfully I kept my eyes open for that moron. I truly wish I had a Hummer sometimes, people like that individual I wouldn't mind running off the road.

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Originally posted by jester Driving home one day, it is raining like crazy. This black car from New York has no lights on and decides to turn without warning. Thankfully I kept my eyes open for that moron. I truly wish I had a Hummer sometimes, people like individual I wouldn't mind running off the road.

the Army version Hummer :P LOL bomb for running ppl off the road.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby I almost wish zidumare was my alt.