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For those of you who live in states with great public transportation, I envy you. In CA and other states of MASS urban sprawl, it's pretty standard to have a couple drinks with dinner and drive home SAFELY.
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2 drinks over 1 hour = 0.02. How does this equal instant arrest by OUTACONTROL cops and crazy MADD mothers?
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I just sat through two days of EXPERT testimony. If you have two drinks in an hour for more than one hour (i.e. 4 drinks in two hours)... you CAN blow above the legal limit.
Even more disturbing is that in CA if you blow over 0.01... and the officer feels you are impaired (even if it's just due to fatigue, other physical issues, or just stupidity), you can be charged with a DUI. At that point it becomes an expensive burden of proof with your opinion being argued in court against the officers.
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So a couple drinks with dinner = 4?
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm
4 drinks in 2 hours for a 100lb man gives a .07 BAC. Keep 'em coming. Very few people in this thread actually realize how much it takes to get to .08. Hint: it's not a "couple drinks with dinner"
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You're right... that internet calculator is much more efficient than my actual life experience and the expert testimony of a triple Doctorate holder that is one of the lead scientists for the LA county sheriffs crime lab.
I had EXACTLY 5 Tanquerey and Tonics from 7 PM - 9:30 PM... went back to work, got busted at 12:12 and blew a 0.09.
During expert testimony it was explained that the body CAN process about two drinks and hour and keep you at a 0.00 BAC... but in many people two drinks an hour are enough to take them to the legal limit of 0.08.