What Volume of Low-Alcoholic Beer can be Consumed Before Reaching the Legal Driving Limit?

Danny Chandla, George Harwood

Abstract


Within the UK, non-alcoholic beer tends to have a 0.05% ABV. Modelling consumption to an average male of 75kg and with 5 litres of blood, it would require 51 Litres of UK standard, non-alcoholic beer. This is an equivalent of 115 standard 440mL cans of non-alcoholic beer.


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Health; Biology; Alcohol consumption; UK legal driving limit

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