So how much can you have before driving in Canada, BC? Two glasses of beer? I think the breathizer shouldn't exceed .08 but how much, say, beer does that equal to?
2006-07-12 12:51:01 · 4 answers · asked by ready_to_rumble 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Yes, most - if not all - Canadian provinces, like almost all American states, cite .08 as the minimum for impairment and DWI citation.
Depending on one's weight, and whether alcohol consumption is with food, a person may reach .08 with as little as 4 drinks consumed quickly one after an other, or as many as 6 drinks consumed within an hour. "A drink" is generally defined as a 12oz (35cl) bottle of beer, a 5oz (15cl) glass of wine or mixed drink, or a 1 1/2 oz shot of whisky, rum, or other spirit.
One must keep in mind that strength of different brands or types of alcohol do vary somewhat: Canadian Budweiser, like most Canadian versions of American mass-market beer brands, is 18% stronger than American Budweiser, for instance; most California and Australian wines now have one or two degrees (9%-18%) more alcohol by volume than most European (or British Columbia) wines (and do try some when you are in BC - especially whites from the Okanagan
Valley appellation; in my judgement many - especially those made of pinot gris, pinot blanc, pinot auxerrois gewurztraminer, and several grapes indigenous to Austria and southern Germany are among the best in the world), fortified wine is stronger than still wine, sombreros are much weaker than most rum and Cokes, etc. etc.
2006-07-12 13:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by Hank 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't matter how long you've been driving. The limit is the limit - same for everyone. In the UK the limit is 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood or in terms of breath alcohol - 35 µg (microgrammes) per 100 ml. As a safe(ish) limit that allows most people with a meal to drink 2 pints of weak beer or one glass of wine. Whisky I wouldn't even go near. One pint of beer (under 4% - ie, NOT real ale but Tetley's or Worthington) equals 2 units of alcohol. On average it takes one hour for a healthy liver to process one unit of alcohol. However, it does depend on your body mass, gender and how much food you have consumed. Even if you feel fine after drinking heavily in the evening there is still a high possibility that you will be above the legal limit should you drive the following morning. However - The legal drink drive limit cannot be safely converted into a certain number of units, as it depends on a number of factors to include gender, body mass and how quickly your body absorbs alcohol into the blood stream. It also depends on how used you are to drinking as the body builds up a slight resistence to alcohol with heavy use. If you want a sensible limit to stick to with a meal I would say one pint of beer or one glass of wine. BUT - the risk is really not worth taking. If you're not an alcoholic (and I'm guessing you're not or you wouldn't be asking this) why do you need it at all? Be sensible and careful. Good Luck :)
2016-03-27 03:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by Whitney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may seem real stupid, but since you don't know the country, and you don't know the laws, and you may or may not have a more powerful beer in Canada than you are used to.... I will try something radical...
How about not driving after drinking?
No that just sounds stupid! Leave an address, we'll visit you ...Eh?
jr
2006-07-17 00:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by jpr_sd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure!
2006-07-12 12:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by lou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋