Do you know your alcohol limit? - Gainesville Times

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Do you know your alcohol limit?

Many factors influence how many drinks it takes to reach legal driving limit of 0.08

The Times’ Shannon Casas, left, Sarah Mueller, and R. Keith Hatchell pass the time playing cards while they partake in alcoholic beverages at the Hall County Sheriff’s Office Training Center as they prepare for taking DUI field tests Tuesday afternoon.

0707dui2 — The Times’ Shannon Casas, left, Sarah Mueller, and R. Keith Hatchell pass the time playing cards while they partake in alcoholic beverages at the Hall County Sheriff’s Office Training Center as they prepare for taking DUI field tests Tuesday afternoon.

The magic number for drinkers is 0.08. Past that and, if you’re caught driving, your next stop will be a jail cell. But how do you determine when your body has hit that blood alcohol concentration?