[Guest]

"A guy I know" has a 16 year old daughter that is taking a driver training class. In the class they are learning everything about the rules and regulations about how to drive, like the meaning of different road signs, how to park up a hill, down a hill and all kinds of great stuff. The book is around 300 pages. Towards the back it talks about driving under the influence and blood alcohol levels. The state has a BAL tolerance to .100 for DUI. A chart similar to this is given as a reference to how many drinks an individual can have for their weight.

# of Drinks

-_________1_____2_____3_____4_____5_____6__

100 lbs / 0.038 / 0.075 / 0.113 / 0.150 / 0.188 / 0.225

125 lbs / 0.031 / 0.063 / 0.094 / 0.125 / 0.156 / 0.188

150 lbs / 0.025 / 0.050 / 0.075 / 0.010 / 0.013 / 0.015

175 lbs / 0.022 / 0.045 / 0.066 / 0.088 / 0.110 / 0.132

200 lbs / 0.019 / 0.038 / 0.056 / 0.075 / 0.094 / 0.113

225 lbs / 0.017 / 0.034 / 0.051 / 0.068 / 0.085 / 0.102

This "guy I know" asks his daughter that weighs about 120 lbs. how many drinks she can have before she can legally drive a vehicle.

What I am asking you for is 3 answers.

a. the daughters answer, ____# of drinks

b. the "guy I know"'s answer, ____# of drinks

c. any facts or discussion for why they were different, or why they were not different

[grey cells]

16 year olds allowed to drive cars?(i.e.legally)

Edited April 2, 2008 by grey cells

[Guest]

yes, 16 years old are able to drive (take drivers training)

[grey cells]

yes, 16 years old are able to drive (take drivers training)

Sorry , I am from a different part of the globe.

So as I am finished with the legal angle , I will come to the logical angle.

[Guest]

a. The daughter answers 2 drinks

b. The "guy you know" answers 0 drinks

c. They are different because the daughter answers based on being under the legal limit, but the real answer is 0 because she can not legally drink at age 16

[Guest]

Dead on GIJeff

a. The daughter answers 2 drinks

b. The "guy you know" answers 0 drinks

c. They are different because the daughter answers based on being under the legal limit, but the real answer is 0 because she can not legally drink at age 16

[Guest]

a) She would most likely say 2-3 drinks, based on the table

b) 0 Drinks, because she is too young to legally drink (in the U.S.)

c) The teen would be looking for the book answer, and wanting to see what she could do, the GuyIKnow would pay attention to the fact that his daughter shouldn't drink.

Don't drink and drive, you might spill

[Guest]

you too are dead on statman

The guy I know had to ask the daughter several times before she too got the correct answer.

[Guest]

This question was actually on my driver's permit test. It was worded "What is the legal BAC for you?"

Alot of people got it wrong because they didn't read "for you".

Edited April 2, 2008 by PolishNorbi

[Guest]

lol..Thank God I didn't get that question on my test cause i would have gotten it wrong...hehe... good question!

[Guest]

"how many drinks she can have before she can legally drive a vehicle."

I'm assuming that you meant "cannot legally drive a vehicle"

And assuming you're in the U.S. then none!

she would answer 3-4 drinks until over the limit.

You would say 0

She can't drive legally with any BAC

[Guest]

Noct, that is correct... I did mean to type before she was no longer able to drive legally.

[Guest]

In some states it is even worse. I live in a no tolerance state she can't even get caught walking down the street with even a little bit of a bac without getting her permit revoked!