Only time lowers your BAC
A free practice question for the New York permit test, with the answer explained.
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What is the only way to lower your BAC?
The rule
Only time without drinking brings your BAC down. Coffee, exercise and cold showers may help you stay awake, but they can't lower your BAC or sober you up.
Only time without more drinking lowers BAC. Coffee, exercise and cold showers may keep you awake, but they can't reduce your BAC or make you sober.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 56. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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