Question

Answer the following questions about the driving risk associated with drinking and blood-alcohol concentration:


a. Randy is just barely legally intoxicated. How much more likely is he to have an accident than someone who is sober?

b. Marissa, who has been drinking, is 15 times as likely to have an accident as her sober friend, Christine. What is Marissa’s approximate blood-alcohol concentration?

c. After several drinks, Charles is ten times as likely to have an accident as a sober person. Is he more or less intoxicated than James, whose blood-alcohol level is 0.10?

d. Under the original blood-alcohol standards recommended by NHTSA, a person considered just barely legally intoxicated was how much more likely to have an accident than a sober individual

Answer 1

Answer 1 A: 0.08% W/v blood/ alcohol is considered the percentage that confirms a driver as drunk according to the US Department of transportation. So since Randy has consumed alcohol, he is four times as prone to being involved in a road accident as any sober individual.

Answer 1 B: If we refer to the statistics as well as the graphical relationship between the blood/alcohol concentration level and the chances of a crash that have been defined by US DoT, Marissa's blood concentration should be approximately 0.13.

Answer 1 C: Charles is definitely drunker than James as Charles' blood/alcohol level is 0.11, while James has a blood /alcohol level of 0.10.

Answer 1 D: Under the original blood-alcohol standards recommended by NHTSA, we refer to the first NHTSA Standard which is 0.15.At this point, the drunk person is 25 times more likely to end up in a mishap as compared to a sober person.