I can have 5 beers after an hour and still legally drive??

[Syringer]

http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm

So am I just weak, or is driving at the legal limit really dangerous? Because at 3 beers or so I would definitely not trust myself behind the wheel of a car..

Of course I'm not 21 yet either, but even by that time I don't think I'll be all that more sober after that many anyway.

 

[minendo]

No way in hell that thing is right.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: minendo
No way in hell that thing is right.

I concur!

 

[MrDingleDangle]

it says i can have 4 beers in 1 hour to be below .08 and only 6 beers in 4 hours...to be below .08

that doesnt make much sense

 

[silverpig]

3 pints of Canadian beer in 1 hour to .07... seems about right.

 

[GroundZero]

if you weigh about 900 pounds

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
it says i can have 4 beers in 1 hour to be below .08 and only 6 beers in 4 hours...to be below .08

that doesnt make much sense

It takes a while for alcohol to enter and leave your system...

 

[fs5]

it only goes up to 8 drinks, WEAK!

 

[HamSupLo]

is it true that if you chew some really strong mints, it'll throw off the breathalyzer reading?

 

[Ness]

The "legal" limit, and the "officer's" limit is not the same.

The thing is, even if you pass a breathalyzer, you can still be detained for drunk driving after failing a field test. Charged? Maybe not, but I wouldn't push it.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: jooksing
is it true that if you chew some really strong mints, it'll throw off the breathalyzer reading?

No. Nor is the penny myth true.

 

[StageLeft]

That thing is garbage.

 

[r6ashih]

even if you are under the legal limit, if the officer deems you unsafe to drive then you are DUI.

 

[hdeck]

it's on the OU website, no wonder it's complete crap.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
it says i can have 4 beers in 1 hour to be below .08 and only 6 beers in 4 hours...to be below .08

that doesnt make much sense

It takes a while for alcohol to enter and leave your system...

It takes awhile for alcohol to leave your system, but it DOES NOT take long for it to enter your system. In some ways it depends on the alcohol.

I can tell you this... that calculator is completely wrong. I couldn't drink 5 beers in an hour and be OK to drive. I'd kill someone.

R

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: hdeck
it's on the OU website, no wonder it's complete crap.

i believe its sponsered by the greek system...

 

[MoPHo]

Ok I wanna see someone who is responsible enough to use that after they just blew down 8 beers in less than an hour.

 

[DainBramaged]

I guess I am surprised that they have it up there if it is wrong but it does seem that way.

 

[beer]

Does this take into acount that Oklahoma has the whole 3.2 beer law? Most beers everywhere else are 5.4/5.7......so their beer is less than two-thirds the alcohol of just about everyone elses?

 

[tweakmm]

"Well, at least eating breath mints might fool the officer, right?"

Ha. Sure, police are really fooled when they see a combination of erratic driving behavior and powerfully minty breath. Yep, that one fools us every time. Get real.


haha

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: beer
Does this take into acount that Oklahoma has the whole 3.2 beer law? Most beers everywhere else are 5.4/5.7......so their beer is less than two-thirds the alcohol of just about everyone elses?

The forumla on the page is .54oz of alcohol per beer, so at 12oz of beer, alcohol content would only be 4.5%, well below what most beers are at.

 

[Christoph]

Originally posted by: Ness
The "legal" limit, and the "officer's" limit is not the same.

The thing is, even if you pass a breathalyzer, you can still be detained for drunk driving after failing a field test. Charged? Maybe not, but I wouldn't push it.

Remember that the field sobriety tests are voluntary, and you may politely refuse if asked to perform them.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Christoph

Originally posted by: Ness
The "legal" limit, and the "officer's" limit is not the same.

The thing is, even if you pass a breathalyzer, you can still be detained for drunk driving after failing a field test. Charged? Maybe not, but I wouldn't push it.

Remember that the field sobriety tests are voluntary, and you may politely refuse if asked to perform them.

No, actually that is not true. A majority of states have implied consent laws, and not only are BAC tests part of that, but FST are applicable as well. The Supreme Court has ruled that the 5th amendment only applies to testimonial nature, and doesn't apply to something like a FST or BAC test. Thus there is no constitutional right to refuse them, but sometimes a refusal is advisable.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: hdeck
it's on the OU website, no wonder it's complete crap.