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272 kilos63 kilosApproximate blood alcohol percentage.02.03Source (9)Drinks per hour.05.07.07.10It is very hard for an individual <strong>driver</strong> to know exactly how much they could drinkand still stay under the legal limit. For this reason the best advice for P and fulllicence <strong>driver</strong>s is not to drink if you are going to drive and not to drive if youhave been drinking.Research shows that most P <strong>driver</strong>s do not suddenly start drinking and driving whenthey move to a full licence. They may still drink alcohol, but continue to separatedrinking and driving. This is sensible as even at a BAC of 0.05 the risk of crashingis about twice that at zero BAC. The next graph shows just how much the risk ofcrashing goes up as your BAC goes up. It is no wonder that people with high BACsare more involved in crashes and that more of them die.46Driver <strong>qualification</strong> <strong>handbook</strong>

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