What is a rising blood alcohol level?
When you were given a breath test, you breathed into a machine that’s designed to detect the amount of alcohol on your breath. In addition to the multiple reasons breath test machines are unreliable, your blood alcohol test results may not have been your actual blood alcohol content. After a person consumes alcohol it takes time for the body to absorb the alcohol into their system. As time goes on, your blood alcohol content actually rises because your body is absorbing the alcohol. Researchers conducted a recent study and found that on average, a person can still be absorbing alcohol 50 minutes after their last alcoholic drink. But keep in mind this is only an average amount of time. The range for the amount of time it takes a person to absorb alcohol can range from thirty minutes to three hours. If you had a big meal, this can extend the amount of time it takes for your system to absorb the alcohol. So if you were stopped for drinking and driving and a half hour passed before you wer
