WWVaBeach Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/23/D8HPG6OG1.html
smokinandjokin Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 The breathalyzer is a gadget and will never stand up in court! He's innocent!
linksfiend Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Grams per liter? What kinda screwed up measure is that? One is weight - the other is volume. How many grams should a liter of blood weigh?
stevestojan Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Doing some quick math, I'm thinking he was about a .90 - 1.10 on our scale. (legal limit being .08) Reason I say that is that in our terms (BAC), .40 - .50% (half of one percent) is considered lethal for most. In their crazy measure, 3.5grams/litre is considered lethal. Now, he blew twice that and then about an 1/8th MORE (of the LETHAL limit). If he blew a .90 or worse, a 1.10 (meaning more than 1% of his entire bloodstream was PURE alcohol), his ability to keep that truck on the road is amazing. I didn't just multiply 18 x .08 because first, that doesn't make good sense, and second, if he really blew a 1.44 he should be poured into a martini glass.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted May 24, 2006 Posted May 24, 2006 Grams per liter? What kinda screwed up measure is that? One is weight - the other is volume. How many grams should a liter of blood weigh? 696797[/snapback] Actually, it's a pretty common unit of measure for a solute. And makes more sense than a strict volume measure, since alcohol and water (what blood mostly is) mixed together have less volume than the liquids measured separately (i.e. if you have a cup of water and a cup of alcohol, and pour them together, you get slightly less than two cups of the mix). It actually makes more sense to talk about grams of alcohol in a liter of blood.
stuckincincy Posted May 24, 2006 Posted May 24, 2006 Grams per liter? What kinda screwed up measure is that? One is weight - the other is volume. How many grams should a liter of blood weigh? 696797[/snapback] g/l is a measure of concentration. There are many units and concepts to express such...molarity, molality, density, parts per million, and so on. For drunk driving issues, the figure is grams of ethanol per 100 ml of blood volume, or 210 liters of exhaled breath. Weight per a specified volume is a common unit in science, links.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 24, 2006 Posted May 24, 2006 Don't let the North Carolinans read your headline/topic title... They might think you are from Buffalo and bragging about DUIs... They might see 18x and equate that to our system of measuring... And smokinandjokin... You are giving us all a bad name. ...Modesty, moderation, compassion and consideration... People!
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