RIP Oscar Tavares

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

According to the World Health Org, they say that the legal limit in the DR for BAC is .05 , so he was at .25 when he was driving. Not sure how he could even be standing.

Some alcoholics can function pretty normally with high BAC.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Some alcoholics can function pretty normally with high BAC.

As a family physician, I am aware that alcoholics and users of other drugs can tolerate high doses of the specific drug in question, while not appearing impaired and appearing to function mostly normally, but that is not the case here. A person only using alcohol socially or occasionally would have a hard time, IMO, tolerating a BAC that high while still being able to function.

To this point, Taveras has not been painted as or rumored to be, at least not that I had read, an "alcoholic" or even a hard party goer. In today's age of internet news, etc, nothing seems to be hidden. It's hard to believe that a celebrity would be have that much of an alcohol problem, without it being made public.

So, if he didn't have a chronic problem, I find it surprising that with a BAC of 0.25 he could have walked to his car, found his keys, unlocked the door, start the car, and then start to drive.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Maybe he was drinking as he was driving, hit a certain level and passed out.

[drcy]

I knew a lovely, nice, petite young woman who told me she had once tested .37. That was the highest I'd ever heard of and I didn't even realize someone could get a reading that high. Though she also told me she went through extensive rehab.

[packs]

If you are roughly 200 pounds you'd have to have roughly 10 drinks in an hour to register a 0.25.

[drcy]

That he drove his car off the road is a sign of something. Even most impaired drivers can stay on the road.