Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > To keep this in perspective, American readers should know that this is .175 > parts per thousand. This is a high level, but not unwieldy: a regular > drinker should not have his or her reflexes too badly affected at this > level, though a tyro alcoholic might well be staggering at .08. It depends > on a LOT of factors, not simply Blood Alcohol Content, though the US Jesus > Freaks would have us so believe. > To clarify the above: The French measurement is different from that used in the US. The driver's blood alcohol content, according to wire accounts, was 1.75 grams per liter of blood. That translates into the US system of percentages as 0.23 percent. That is more than twice the legal limit in most states (of 0.10), as I understand it. Some BAC converters indicate this would be the equivalent of 10 to 11 glasses of wine for a man of average size.