The NTSB recommends dropping that to a BAC level of .05.

[Ronin13]

I think that advice is probably good advice for young men and women in the Army with little real life experience...the type of person you would expect a 1SG to be talking to. But for a responsible adult I really don't see a problem with having a beer with dinner over an hour or hour and a half and then driving home.

I agree with you there.

[CroiDhubh]

As I've gotten heavier and fatter *LOL* my tolerance has gone DOWN. I used to drink everyone under the table, but I don't drink very often any more. Remember, alcohol goes to where water used to be, which is why someone who is heavier with MUSCLE is better off than someone heavier with FAT. Women generally have a lower tolerance because they have a natural higher body fat than men. However, a woman who works out every day and has 14% body fat is going to be better off than a man who sits on his ass all day and has a body fat of 25%, but weight the same.

Then you also have to take into the tolerance from drinking all the time or more often than someone else, too... Just too many factors, which is why there is a standard.

These roadsides are BS and only serve to prop up the statements and reasoning of the officer. DUI reports read like the accused is falling down drunk and failing every single test, no matter their performance.

Uh...no... There is way more empirical and scientific evidence supporting the tests than just how one would interpret the report. The reason they can be interpreted that way is because of how lawyers pick things apart. If it isn't worded right, forget it.

Now, someone like me, when ask, "Is there any mental or health reasons as to why you would not be able to perform these maneuvers as I will instruct them?" I get to say, "Yes." The reason being is because I have a natural standing nystagmus which rates a 3 on the test. People loved when we did SFST in the academy and in training because they could see it when we didn't have people drinking to try them out on. Now, the other maneuvers I can do just fine.

[muddywings]

http://www.rupissed.com/blood_alcohol_limits.html