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If you have any question about whether you should drive, such that you'd reach for a device to tell you what your BAC is, then you shouldn't drive.


So If I have two beers after having had a huge meal or with several glasses of water and I feel totally fine but wonder how close I am to 0.08 because 0.08 is such a low number, that means I'm suddenly not in any condition to drive regardless of the fact that I feel 100% sober?

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Neither does a BAC reading obtained on a $30 toy from Sharper Image.


(There are devices available for around $100-200 that are more than toys. Some even compensate for ambient temperature.) Are you proposing that if I ever have one drop of alchohol within a several hour timespan, I shouldn't drive because the accuracy of a handheld device isn't 100% and the fact that I'm even curious and want to quantify how much alcohol is in my system and compare that to the legal standards means that I'm shouldn't drive? Just like Tony Fabris, I'm curious.

The fact is, "0.08" is an abstract number. If I feel totally fine after only two beers during a hockey game but I then learn that regardless of the fact that I feel sober I'm in fact blowing a 0.07 it might open my eyes to how low the legal limit really is. (And would make that beer not worth getting the next time around). Or, I might blow on the thing and see I barely register on the scale. Then I'd know I was either being a little paranoid or there were other factors at play.

I don't binge drink nor do I ever drive if I feel that there is a real chance that I may have had too much to drink. But just because I want to compare what my sense of "fine to drive" is the legal definition of "fine to drive" doesn't mean I've automatically become legally impared. Curiousity isn't a good enough reason to call a cab.
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