How Many Drinks Will Get You A DUI? (Chart)
If you insist on driving after a few drinks, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system and your criminal record.
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? 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. In Michigan .08 is the legal limit. And in Livingston County, chances are if you choose to drive, you'll be caught with local law enforcement agencies supplying extra road patrols to specifically watch for drunk drivers during the holidays. "If people choose to drink and drive, and get behind the wheel, then we're going to address those issues," Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte told …
