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2. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Drunk driving in the United States - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Field sobriety testing - Wikipedia

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   The police may also then check for Vertical Gaze Nystagmus, which is used to test for high blood alcohol levels and/or the presence of certain drugs. While the purpose is obtaining probable cause support for an arrest and possibly screening, in some jurisdictions, the HGN test may be used as corroborating evidence at the trial stage.

5. School bus driver’s blood alcohol level was 16 times the ...

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   “The test result showed Chaney’s blood alcohol level to be .33,” Taylor told WKRG. “The legal limit in Alabama for a person operating a commercial vehicle, or bus, in Alabama is .02.”

6. NTSB wants new vehicles to be equipped to monitor drivers ...

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   The National Transportation Safety Board recommended all new U.S. vehicles be equipped with blood alcohol monitoring to cut down on drunk driving in a report released Tuesday. Drunk driving is one ...

7. Pharmacology of ethanol - Wikipedia

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   In jurisdictions in the U.S., maximum blood alcohol levels for legal driving are about 17 to 22 mM. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] In the upper range of recreational ethanol concentrations of 20 to 50 mM, depression of the central nervous system is more marked, with effects including complete drunkenness, profound sedation, amnesia, emesis, hypnosis, and ...