Table 3.
Differences between co-existing breath-alcohol concentration (BrAC) and venous blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) in relation to a person’s actual blood–breath ratio (BBR), compared with the ratio of 2 100:1 (shaded) used to set the statutory breath-alcohol limit for driving.
Venous BAC g/100 mL | BBR 1 800 | BBR 1 900 | BBR 2 000 | BBR 2 100 | BBR 2 200 | BBR 2 300 | BBR 2 400 | BBR 2 500 |
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0.020 0.02 | 0.023 0.02 | 0.022 0.02 | 0.021 0.02 | 0.020 0.02 | 0.019 0.01 | 0.018 0.01 | 0.017 0.01 | 0.016 0.01 |
0.050 0.05 | 0.058 0.05 | 0.055 0.05 | 0.052 0.05 | 0.050 0.05 | 0.047 0.04 | 0.045 0.04 | 0.043 0.04 | 0.042 0.04 |
0.080 0.08 | 0.093 0.09 | 0.088 0.08 | 0.084 0.08 | 0.080 0.08 | 0.076 0.07 | 0.073 0.07 | 0.070 0.07 | 0.067 0.06 |
0.100 0.10 | 0.116 0.11 | 0.110 0.11 | 0.105 0.10 | 0.100 0.10 | 0.095 0.09 | 0.091 0.09 | 0.087 0.08 | 0.084 0.08 |
Results are shown before and after truncation of the third decimal place, which is common practice in many legal jurisdictions.