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How Many Drinks Will Get You A DUI? (Chart)

Remember, the only safe driving limit is no alcohol.

The only safe driving limit is no alcohol.

But do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? 

As we head into the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Patch wants you to know when enough is enough.

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When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content.

A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Ohio's legal limit is 0.08.

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According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. 

Check out the chart in the media portion of this article to see what your limit is. 


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