Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes. [1] BAC is expressed as mass of alcohol per volume of blood. In US and many international publications, BAC levels are written as a percentage such as 0.08%, i.e. there is 0.8 ...
Finland: for motor vehicles, 0.05%, [81] [82] or 0.22 mg/1 L alcohol in breath, aggravated: 0.12% or 0.53 mg/1 L alcohol in breath. [93] The penalty is a fine or jail up to six months plus license suspension from one month to five years. For aggravated, also a prison sentence (sixty days to two years) is possible, [94] usually as a suspended ...
Alcohol intoxication ... 5.4–17.4 mmol/L (25–80 mg/dL or 0.025 ... alcohol over a period of time that depends on the initial level and the patient's overall ...
The amount of alcohol it takes to reach that level depends on the person, what is being consumed, and how quickly. You can usually hit that level by drinking 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine ...
Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.
Authorities said his blood alcohol level was more than 16 times the state’s legal limit. Around 4:20 p.m., an officer stopped the bus at the end of its route as it returned to Jackson Middle ...
At the time of the crash, Lopes' blood alcohol content was .20, the DA's office said, which is more than twice the legal limit for driving of .08. His next court appearance is scheduled for May 22.
Earlier studies found mean elimination rates of 15 mg/dL per hour for men and 18 mg/dL per hour for women, [6] [4] but Jones found 0.148 g/L/h and 0.156 g/L/h respectively. Although the difference between sexes is statistically significant, it is small compared to the overall uncertainty, so Jones recommends using the value 0.15 for the mean ...