GMC 2003 Envoy - Manual (Page 236)

Many adultb — by Epme estimaies, nearly half the aduH
population — choose never to dhnii alcohol, so ttiey
never drive atler drinking. For persons under 21,
it^s against the law in every U.S. state to drlnli alcohol.
Tnere are good medicals psychotogical and
cfevelopmental reasons tor these laws.
The obvious way lo eliminate the leading highway safety
problem Is tor people never |o drink alcohol and then
drive But what if people do? How much is loo much" rf
bomoDne ptans to drive? tt’s a lot less than many rr>ight
think. Although It depends on each person and siiuatcoo,
here Is some деггега! infonmalion on the problem
The Blood Alcohol Conceniration (BAG) of someone
who Is drinking depend^ upon four things;
• The amount ol alcohol consumad
• The drinke/s body waight
• The amount ol food lhat is consumad before and
during drinking
• The length of Um,e it has taken the drinker to
consume the alcohoL
According to tho American Medical. Asspcialion, a 18Q lb
(02 kg) person who drinks three 12 ounce (555 rnt)
bottles of beer in an hour will end up with a ВАС
□i about 0.00 percent. The person woufd reach the
same BAG by drinking three 4 ounce {120 ml) glasses
□f wine or three
mixed drinha if each had 1 -1/2 ounces
(45 ml) of a liquor like whiskey^ gin or vodka.
It's the amount of alcohol lhal counts. For екатр1е, if
Eho same person drank three double martinis {3 Ounces
or SO ml of liquor each) within an hour, the porson's
BAG would be dose to 0.12 percent. A person
wild consumes lood iust before or during drinking will
have a somewhal lower ВАС level.
There is a gender difference, loo. Women generally
have a lower relative percentage ol body water
than men. Since alcohbl is carried In body water.
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