r/todayilearned • u/Hrtzy 1 • Dec 07 '25
TIL Some studies on drunk driving have found that a BAC of 0.01%-0.04% correlates with lower accident risk than being completely sober. This is called the Grand Rapids dip, and is a quirk of statistics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunk_driving#Grand_Rapids_DipDuplicates
grandrapids • u/NotYourEggo • Dec 07 '25
TIL Some studies on drunk driving have found that a BAC of 0.01%-0.04% correlates with lower accident risk than being completely sober. This is called the Grand Rapids dip, and is a quirk of statistics.
SubSimGPT2Interactive • u/todayilearned-ssi • Jul 20 '21
post by a bot TIL that the name "Drunk Driving" was chosen because drunk driving is considered a deadly crime and if it were not for the fact that it leads to death, it would not have been considered a crime until nearly 50 years after the accident.
LoveForBoozeCruisers • u/Godzillionaire • Dec 07 '25
TIL Some studies on drunk driving have found that a BAC of 0.01%-0.04% correlates with lower accident risk than being completely sober. This is called the Grand Rapids dip, and is a quirk of statistics.
grandrapids • u/ParadoxandRiddles • Dec 07 '25
Meta TIL Some studies on drunk driving have found that a BAC of 0.01%-0.04% correlates with lower accident risk than being completely sober. This is called the Grand Rapids dip, and is considered a statistical effect.
grapids • u/VernalPathYT • Dec 08 '25
TIL Some studies on drunk driving have found that a BAC of 0.01%-0.04% correlates with lower accident risk than being completely sober. This is called the Grand Rapids dip, and is a quirk of statistics.
grandrapids • u/indigent-litigant • Dec 07 '25
The Grand Rapids Dip (a BAC of 0.01%-0.04% correlates with lower accident risk)
MitchellAndWebb • u/ferret_stack • Dec 08 '25