A lesser known mechanism for alcohol tolerance
I just want to point out the amazing amount of alcohol you'd have to ingest in a short time to get to the 1% BAC referenced in this article.<p>Obviously there are lots of variables based on your size and individual physiology, but on average, each drink raises your BAC somewhere around .02%.<p>So, even without accounting for an enlarged liver that processed alcohol more quickly, that driver with a 1% BAC in South Africa must have had around 50 drinks in quick succession, then gotten behind the wheel.<p>Even if you were drinking liquor, that's basically downing two bottles of whisky in under an hour.<p>Plenty to kill the average person, but apparently not enough to keep this driver from getting behind the wheel.<p>Wild.