While the disposable Breathalyzers may not solve all of Montana’s drunk driving problems, if it saves one life, then that’s $2 well spent. Back a few years ago, that wasn’t available as readily as it is now and people do have the opportunity to make that choice now."īoth Helean and Heggen are encouraged by some of the new ways their customers can make safe choices while still enjoying themselves. You can call Uber, Lyft, there’s still Yellow Cab. "We want to make sure people are safe, so we brought this in as a tool to help people think about it, to be more conscientious about it, and to also realize that in Missoula now, there’s no excuse for it," Heggen said. She put signs in the bathrooms to remind people to at least think about their sobriety, hoping it triggers a sense of personal responsibility. "People are definitely buying them," added Cranky Sam Public House owner Jen Heggen.
08 so it just gives people a good idea of where they’re at after they've had a few beers or a few drinks," said Red's Bar owner Mike Helean. "When I realized this wasn’t a game, which a lot of those things tend to be as people check to see how high their blood alcohol is. So when you don't trust your brain, you could consult a single-use breathalyzer sold in many area bars called Think Twice? It measures your BAC up to point 08 and bar owners appreciate that it’s a tool and not a toy. Many factors will influence your BAC including your weight, gender, how fast you’re drinking, what you’re drinking, if you have food in your stomach, if you're taking medications and even altitude.Īlcohol tends to lie to us, making us feel euphoric and capable of driving. And for some, even just one drink can cause enough impairment to be dangerous. Those are things we need to drive safely. We know alcohol impacts concentration, coordination and reaction time. 10, that means that one-tenth of 1% of their circulating blood volume is alcohol or ethanol." Another way to think of it, if someone was slightly over the legal limit at. "BAC stands for blood alcohol content and it’s a measure of the concentration of alcohol in the blood. 08 but what is that exactly? We asked Community Medical Center Emergency Room Doctor Josh Holexa. No amount of alcohol is good when it comes to driving. A Missoula County sheriff’s deputy recently told us the drunkest person he’d ever pulled over had a BAC of.
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