How many alcoholic beverages may I drink before I am legally considered “driving under the influence” in Florida?
It is not wise to drink ANY alcoholic beverages within a couple of hours before driving. A lot depends upon your size, your weight, your pattern of drinking and the time of your last drink, when you last ate and how much you ate, and many other variables. You do not have to be “drunk” to be considered “driving under the influence.” Impairment of your normal faculties is all that is required. Additionally, even if your normal faculties do not seem impaired, a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 is sufficient to be legally considered “driving under the influence.” This legal limit is very low for most adults. Moreover, “spiking” of alcohol concentration may occur for a few minutes and place you over the limit even if overall you are not at the limit.
