Orwi@programming.dev to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoRichmond, Virginia wants lawmakers to drop the legal limit from a 0.08 blood alcohol level to 0.05. Drinking was a factor in 37 percent of the city’s crasheswww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down16
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minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days ago0.02 is used in Sweden as well, for this very reason - the legally acceptable amount of alcohol to consume when operating a motor vehicle is 0.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoConsume during, or consume before? What is the standard for how long to wait?
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoUntil the alcohol has been fully broken down and is no longer present in the bloodstream. For multiple drinks, probably the day after.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoThere is a 1 hour per standard drink heuristic in the US – people believe they are safe to drive after that. Not sure what the science shows
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoI think there’s a decent chance you’d lose your license for that in Sweden.
0.02 is used in Sweden as well, for this very reason - the legally acceptable amount of alcohol to consume when operating a motor vehicle is 0.
Consume during, or consume before? What is the standard for how long to wait?
Until the alcohol has been fully broken down and is no longer present in the bloodstream.
For multiple drinks, probably the day after.
There is a 1 hour per standard drink heuristic in the US – people believe they are safe to drive after that. Not sure what the science shows
I think there’s a decent chance you’d lose your license for that in Sweden.