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Car keys next to a spilled drink owned by a drunk driver

When Stopped By The Police, How Do They Measure Alcohol Levels?

When Police pull a driver over, they are usually concerned with the driver’s Blood Alcohol Content or Concentration. They usually measure BAC in concentration of alcohol in the bloodstream and is measured as mass per volume. For example, using the English drink drive limit, a BAC of 0.8% means the same as 80 milligrams of alcohol for […]

What Can Cause A High Breathalyser Reading?

The current English drink drive limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath – which is confusing enough as it is before you begin to consider what factors, other than alcoholic drinks, can affect your blood alcohol content. As such, Insurance Revolution has put together this simple guide of what factors could […]