BAC levels

BAC stands for blood alcohol concentration. Different countries around the world have established different BAC levels. BAC measures the percentage of alcohol in a person's blood. If a person has .10% BAC, he/she has one part alcohol for every thousand parts of blood. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) provides help in understanding and computing a BAC "estimate." On average a person experiences a .017 per hour decline in BAC. The range varies from .04 on the high side to .01 on the low side. Above average decline in BAC is .020 per hour. But this decline will depend on your metabolism, and whether you ate and how much –before you started drinking. In the US and Australia, the states have the jurisdiction to pass BAC laws, not the federal government. If you decide to travel, make sure to check the following site: http://www.driveandstayalive.com/articles%20and%20topics/drunk%20driving/artcl--drunk-driving-0005--global-BAC-limits.htm =which provides Information on some International Blood Alcohol Limits as a percentage ‘Blood Alcohol Concentration’ (BAC). Since the summer of 2004, Croatian government (South Central Europe) has introduced new law which promotes: “0.00% BAC”. According to this web site (in croatian) http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20040717/novosti01.asp, only 7% of all driving accidents are caused by ‘drunken drivers’ which raises a question – how effective is this measure/law?!? Maybe our governments should look into how to enforce highway rules more strictly and crack down on errant drivers. While most European countries issue driver's licenses at age 18, the difficulty of passing the test, high insurance costs and wide use of trains and buses all mean that young people generally begin to drive much later than in the United States....