Quote Originally Posted by OneGuy67 View Post
^^^^ What are you questioning with the WTF? ^^^^ The age, the gender, the amount, the time or the BrAC end result? It is about right, given my experience.

My wife and I decided to try a test a few years ago. I'm a gin drinker, she was a vodka drinker. She is 5'8", 140 lbs, I'm 6'0", 210 lbs. We both ate the same dinner before going out. We both ordered the same type of drink with the alcohol being the difference (gin and tonic; vodka and tonic). We both drank three drinks in a little over an hour. After waiting 20 minutes to get rid of the mouth alcohol, we both blew into a Portable Breath Tester (PBT). I blew a .044 BrAC and she blew a .09 BrAC. Size, gender, food consumption, do matter.
I question the entire premise that: "A thirty year old male weighing 180 lbs. would need to consume just over 4 beers in an hour to reach a blood alcohol level of .05"
This would be an exception, and not the norm, in my unlearned opinion.

I've never heard anything that lax. I think it's irresponsible reporting meant to skew the story and sway people to the ntsb/madd side.

"Just over 4 beers in an hour" for a 180 lb'er to make .05. seriously? I've never seen a chart, recommendation, or heard a cop say that 4 beers in an hour is a safe level back in the days of .10 being the limit, much less .05!

In your example you drank over 25% less, and weigh 30 lbs. more than the example and got too close for comfort to the line when a trip to jail and thousands of dollars are at stake.