Blood Alcohol Level Estimates

The Drink Wheel
On-Line BAC Calculator

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About the Drink Wheel

The Intoximeters Inc. "Drink Wheel" is a form that you can fill out. Upon completion we will instantly compute your estimated blood/breath alcohol concentration ("BAC") based on the information that you have provided and return that estimate to you. It is presented as a public service to Intoximeters web site visitors. Its primary purpose is to provide useful information about the responsible use of alcohol.

Why is it called a "Drink Wheel"?

We call it the "Drink Wheel" because it is based on various paper and cardboard BAC calculators that are given out in alcohol awareness programs, some of which are in the form of a wheel that you can spin around to calculate your estimated BAC based on what and how much you have had to drink.

It would be extremely foolish for us to pretend that our "Drink Wheel" can tell you what your BAC actually is, first because it would open us up to an incredible amount of potential liability and second if it really did work accurately there would be no need for anyone to buy the instruments that we make and sell.

A person's actual BAC is dependent on many complex factors, including their physical condition (body composition, health etc...) and what they have recently ingested (including food, water, medications and other drugs). This site includes a more detailed discussion of the Pharmacology and Disposition of alcohol in humans.

The results that are generated are rough estimates of an average healthy person's BAC assuming typical beverage sizes, recipes and alcohol content. The BAC estimates generated by the Drink Wheel should not be used to infer anyone's fitness to work, drive or perform any other task or duty.

Friday, November 7, 2008

DUI Statistics

DUI related crash human deaths accounted for 17,013 in 2003.

DUI related passenger deaths multiplied three percent in SUVs and five percent on motorcycles in 2003.

Forty percent of crashes involving a drunk driver or non-occupant leaded an involved person being killed or injured.

Drivers with a BAC higher than .08 who were killed in wrecks were ten times more likely to have a prior DUI arrest and following DUI conviction

About 275,000 people sustained traumas in DUI related crashes in 2003.

Over 1.5 million drunk drivers are arrested for driving DUI every year. This represents one in every 130 drivers in the United States.

The percentage of alcohol-related collapses in 2003 represents an average of one alcohol-related fatality every 31 minutes and one alcohol-related injury every two minutes.

The rate of alcohol involvement in fatal collapses is three times as higher at night as during the day. More than 53 percent of weekend evening accidents are alcohol related.

Motor vehicle wrecks are the leading cause of death for people ages 2-33.

The highest intoxication rates for drivers in fatal crashes were recorded for drivers ages 21-24 (32 percent), followed by ages 25-34 (27 percent) and 35-44 (24 percent).

DUI related crashes, injuries and human deaths cost our society over $45 billion in lost productivity, medical care, property damage and other direct expenditures annually.
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