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Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.
Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes. [1] BAC is expressed as mass of alcohol per volume of blood. In US and many international publications, BAC levels are written as a percentage such as 0.08%, i.e. there is 0.8 ...
Motor vehicles entering from Mexico may only import 1 liter of alcohol (duty-free). Sale or distribution of grain alcohol higher than 60% ABV is illegal (legal if it is sold by a pharmacy or drug store to a person with a prescription), but there is no upper limit for other distilled liquors (B&P 23403). [21] [22]
Indiana's alcohol laws have changed a few times over the years, most recently this year, when the happy hour ban was lifted. Here's what to know. Here's a 12-pack of things you need to know about ...
The state will impose the country's strictest limit for alcohol consumption later this month — just in time for New Year's Eve. One state set to drop blood-alcohol limit to .05, strictest in country
The blood alcohol limit for commercial drivers is 0.04%. [25] Pilots of aircraft may not fly within eight hours of consuming alcohol, while under the impairing influence of alcohol or any other drug, or while showing a blood alcohol concentration equal to or greater than 0.04 grams per decilitre of blood. [26]
“The test result showed Chaney’s blood alcohol level to be .33,” Taylor told WKRG. “The legal limit in Alabama for a person operating a commercial vehicle, or bus, in Alabama is .02.”
The General Assembly passed the nation's first DUI laws in 1939, establishing a blood alcohol level of .15 as the legal limit. The 1940s led to the first African American being elected to the Indiana Senate and legislation that desegregated the public schools in 1949. [44]