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The best sequence after throwing down a couple of drinks and enjoying life and parties is not sitting behind the wheel of a car for a while. If that mistake is made,
the best thing that can happen to us is to pay a fine of 500 or 1,000 euros and lose four or six points of the card
before being involved in an accident. You know: risk of suffering
serious injuries, temporary or permanent disability or ending the party in peace ... In the peace of the cemetery.
The moderate drinker often wonders if those
two beers that he has ingested with nothing in his stomach or during a dinner
can raise his BAC above 0.25 mg / l of exhaled air on the police ethylometer, the threshold that does not it can be traversed.
And the answer is that
sometimes yes and sometimes no, but you will always be playing with fire
.
Be careful: for drivers with a soft license
(less than two years of validity) or professionals, the permitted rate drops to 0.15 mg / l.
Almost smelling a spirit drink will test positive
.
VARIABLE FACTORS
And the fact is that the factors that determine the BAC are highly variable.
They influence
the sex, the complexion, the weight, the state of the organism at that moment, the type of drink
, and not only by the graduation, but by its characteristics of absorption or permanence in the blood.
Because of the speed of transporting it ...
The variants are unlimited.
Even in the studies that have been carried out there are small
nuances about the amount of beers, wine or 'cubatas' that must be drunk
.
Averages are used that are sufficiently close to reality.
Before listing the drinks that must (not) be drunk
to maintain control of the car, we add words that preserve the educational mission of journalism: when you drive above the established alcohol limits, you are at least
twice as likely to suffer from a accident, according to a study by the DGT
.
And if the rate is quintupled, as happened with a driver who collided in Valladolid last October 30 with another vehicle (1.32 mg / l and 1.26 mg / l in his two puffs), the risk that the that happened to him is 10 times greater than in a sober person.
Reaction times to stop a car are slower the more it has been 'blown' before the authority requires it
.
Illustration by Luis Parejo.
BEER
In the generalization of studies on blood alcohol levels, it has been concluded that by drinking
a third of beer
(330 cl),
a man weighing 70 kilograms would narrowly save the ethyl meter
. At 0.21 mg / L you would avoid the fine and earn the agent's advice to park, take a walk before driving again, or reach your destination if you are very close. It is estimated that
to metabolize 10 ml of alcohol will require an hour of abstinence
. Other reports give the option that
with the ingestion of 450 cl of beer, the haircut could be passed. Too risky
.
But
for the 60 kg woman, that same third of 5 degrees of alcohol (or 5%) would most likely carry a fine of 500 euros and a four-point retraction of her license
, because it would give a prohibited rate of
0 , 34 mg / l
.
There are other evaluations that would leave the rate corresponding to a third of beer just at 0.25 mg / l and
it would be saved by the hood.
Or not
.
WINE AND CAVA
The standard measurements in the analyzes on the effect of wine (and its sparkling variety of cava so widely consumed at this time) on blood alcohol
levels refer to the quantity of 100 ml and a graduation of 12º, more present in whites
(many cavas they remain at 11.5º)
than in reds
(climate change is increasing the graduation of many wines to 13.5º or 14º).
According to the data published by the DGT periodically, a man like the one who previously drank beer would hold
two glasses of this wine without exceeding the legal limit
, although it is much safer if he only takes one (0.16 mg / l) and renounces the couple (0.25 mg / l).
The same amount of vinillo in a woman of average biotype
multiplies the alcoholic effect
, so that with a glass it would already be within the limit of 0.25 mg / l in inhaled air.
DO NOT HOLD THE 'TUBE'
Combined drinks of 38º or 40º of alcoholic volume
and effervescent soft drinks that speed up the arrival of alcohol into the blood (in five minutes at most it already circulates through the veins) are also analyzed by the rectors of the breathalyzer.
The
cubata
is quickly felt in the female organism, which will need
barely a tenth of the glass for the ethylometer to 'beep',
while with 50 ml of 38º or 40º alcohol (gin, vodka, whiskey), a man of 70 kilograms of weight can remain at the legal 0.25 mg / l while
in women that rate would touch 0.40%
, according to studies published by motorist clubs and the DGT.
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SANCTIONS
The recently reformed Traffic Law
has maintained the economic sanctions
already established before it passed through Congress and the Senate.
Thus, the penalty provided for giving
between 0.26 mg / l and 0.50 mg / l in expired air
is 500 euros and the withdrawal of four points from the driving license.
In the case of newcomers with less than two years of seniority and professionals, the maximum allowed rate is 0.15 mg / l, with the same penalty if they exceed it up to
0.30 mg / l
.
The
recidivism
will suppose 1,000 euros and the deduction of
six points
, with a passage through training schools to try to re-educate the driver. It is the same sanction that those who register
between 0.51 mg / l and 0.60 mg / l
in the ethylometer will receive. Or between 0.31 mg / l and 50 mg / l for beginners and professionals.
Driving with more than 0.60 mg / l of alcohol in exhaled air can be paid with imprisonment
(3-6 months), withdrawal of driving license, fines for months and work penalties for the community.
This is the case of the individual mentioned above.
This situation is already
considered a crime in the Penal Code
, which can be aggravated by reckless driving attitudes, in the opposite direction or any other way of undermining public safety.
Around 40% of fatal accidents that occur each year, traces of alcohol or / and narcotics were found in the driver's body.
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