"Blood Alcohol Content." Drinking and Driving. Org. U.S. Department of Transportation, 2010. Web. 13 Oct. 2011.
According to a post on Drinking and Driving. Org, the amount of alcohol in a person's bloodstream, while consuming alcohol, is commonly known as their blood alcohol content, also known as BAC. No matter where in the world, the alcohol detected in a persons blood is the same worldwide; the percent remains the same. The BAC limit for legal driving is .08% in all the 50 states. The reason why our federal system chose this number is because when a person reaches .08 BAC, their coordination is incredibly affected. Even at .05 BAC a person's reactions tend to be much slower! Although the .08 BAC is the legal driving limit for users of 21 and older, if anyone younger gets caught with any alcohol in their blood, it results in an arrest. Anyone under 21 is an automatic minor while driving. These minors have a Zero-Tolerance rule and it is nation-wide. However, not every adult is affected with alcohol the same; depends on a person's size and weight. Being there is a legal driving limit for adult users, does not mean by any reason a person who has been consuming alcohol should just assume their 'OK' to drive, because it is likely they are not.
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