Estimate Your Blood Alcohol Level
In Minnesota, you're too
intoxicated to drive if you have a blood-alcohol
concentration (BAC) level of 0.08 or greater, measured within two
hours of driving. You may also be arrested if
ANY amount of alcohol affects your driving conduct. If you get pulled over and
your blood-alcohol level tests above the legal
limit or you refuse to test, you'll be arrested
for DWI.
This
calculator will give you some idea of what your
blood-alcohol content could be if you drank a
specific number of drinks over a certain time
period. This is just an approximation - the
calculator has to make certain assumptions, such
as drinking the alcohol on an empty stomach. If
you eat while you drink, the alcohol is absorbed
more slowly into your bloodstream.
Alcohol effects everyone differently. Of course,
if you don't normally drink, a single beer could
make you unsafe to drive. Generally, by the time
you start feeling intoxicated, you're well past
the legal limit.
The
more you weigh, the more you'd have to drink to
be considered intoxicated. Consider this: A 220
pound male could drink five beers in an hour and
still not be legally intoxicated in Minnesota.
His blood-alcohol content would be 0.0758. If a
140-pound man drank the same amount, his
blood-alcohol content would be 0.1260 - well
over the legal limit. Gender also effects your
blood-alcohol content.
The
slower you drink, the more time your body has to
metabolize the alcohol. Each hour you add takes
0.012 off your blood-alcohol content, according
to the formula used by this calculator.
The above information is not intended as legal
advice or to apply to all situations or facts specific
to your case. Certain factors may affect test results
and make people more or less susceptible to be
influenced by alcohol, including but not limited to
personal biology, acquired tolerance, various medical
conditions, and medications.
