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.Obviously there are lots of variables based on your size and individual physiology, but on average, each drink raises your BAC somewhere around .02%.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.Even if you were drinking liquor, that's basically downing two bottles of whisky in under an hour.Plenty to kill the average person, but apparently not enough to keep this driver from getting behind the wheel.Wild.