“At the latest level, a 175 pound man is over the limit if TWO drinks are consumed in an hour. Does that sound like a drunkard/impaired driver to you?”
If that guy has a 8% of his blood consist of pure alcohol, then, yes. Jail him for years and revoke any future PRIVILEGE of driving, and perhaps that should get the message to all drunkards that attempt to kill people every time they drive. Repeat offenders should just be put away.
Did you even read what I wrote? The BAC level I was referring to was 0.05%. Look again.
BTW, even the hardest core drinker would be DEAD DEAD DEAD at 0.6% BAC, let alone 8%. Most people would be dead at 0.45%, but that level would be difficult to attain simply because they would go into an alcohol-induced coma by the time they hit 0.35%.
Do a little research so your responses are reasoned rather than knee-jerk emotionalistic rants that are better suited to DU.
Perhaps you can explain to me how two 12 ounce bottles of beer at 5% alcohol by volume (that’s 1.2 ounces of pure alcohol btw) can cause the blood alcohol level of a 175 lb man with a total blood volume of approximately 6 quarts to go from 0% to 8%?
Some information for you:
6 quarts is 192 ounces.
The body starts metabolizing alcohol the moment it reaches the liver, causing the BAC to drop immediately.