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Death and injury associated
with
drinking and driving
is
a
national
tragedy. It’s the number one contributor
to
the highway death
toll,
claiming thousands
of
victims every year.
Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive
a
vehicle:
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Judgment
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Muscular Coordination
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Attentiveness
Police records show
that
almost half
of
all
motor vehicle-relatcd deaths
involve
alcohol.
In
most cases, these deaths are the result
of
someone who
was drinking and driving. In recent years, some
18,000
annual motor
vehicle-related deaths have been associated
with
the
use
of
alcohol,
with
more than
300,000
people injured.
Many adults
--
by
some
estimates, nearly
half
the adult
population
--
choose never
to
drink alcohol,
so
they never drive after
drinking.
For
persons under
21,
it’s against
the
law
in
every
U.S.
state
to
drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental
reasons
for these laws.
The obvious way to solve this highway
safety
problem
is
for
people never
to drink alcohol and then drive.
But
what
if
people do?
How
much
is
“too
much”
if
the
driver plans
to
drive? It’s
a
lot
less
than
many might think.
Although
it
depends
on
each person and situation, here
is
some general
information
on
the problem.
The
Blood Alcohol Concentration (RAC) of someone who
is
drinking
depends upon four things:
How much alcohol consumed
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The
drinker’s body weight
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The
amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking
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The length
of
time
it
has taken the drinker
to
consume
the
alcohol
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