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Usually between 30 and 90 minutes after finishing drinking.
Usually between 30 and 90 minutes after finishing drinking, but this is not an exact timer: absorption varies with food, quantity and other factors. Alcohol can impair driving before the peak and remains afterwards; this interval does not establish when driving may resume. Do not rely on feeling recovered or a fixed waiting period: if you are going to drive, do not drink alcohol.
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Always exactly five hours after finishing drinking.
Usually between 30 and 90 minutes after finishing drinking.
Always immediately, with no absorption phase.
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Según la orientación general de la DGT, ¿cuándo suele alcanzarse el máximo de alcohol en sangre tras terminar de beber?
- Siempre exactamente cinco horas después de terminar de beber.
- Habitualmente entre 30 y 90 minutos después de terminar de beber.(Correct answer)
- Siempre de inmediato, sin ninguna fase de absorción.
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