The body takes about an hour to rid itself of the alcohol
in one drink.
No
amount of coffee or number of cold
showers will speed that up. “I’ll be careful” isn’t the
right answer. What
if
there’s
an
emergency, a need to
take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street?
A
person with even a moderate
BAC
might not be able
to react quickly enough
to
avoid the collision.
There’s something else about drinking and driving that
many people don’t know. Medical research shows that
alcohol in a person’s system can make crash injuries
worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or
heart. This means that when anyone who has been
drinking
--
driver or passenger
--
is in
a
crash, that
person’s chance
of
being killed or permanently disabled
is
higher than if the person had not been drinking.
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Drinking and then driving is very dangerous.
Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and
of
alcohol. You can have a serious
--
or even
fatal
--
collision if you drive after drinking.
Please don’t drink and drive
or
ride
with
a driver
who has been drinking. Ride home in a cab; or if
you’re with a group, designate
a
driver who will
not drink.
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judgment can be affected by even a small amount
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