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 hlled
or
permanently disabled
is higher than if the person had not been drinking.
Drinking and then driving is very
dangerous.
Your
reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness
and
judgment can be affected
by
even
a
small
amount
of
alcohol.
YQU
can
have
a
serious
--
or even
fatal
--
colllision
if
YOU
drive after drinking.
Please
don’t drink and drive
or
ride
with
a
driver
o
has
been
drinking. Wide
home
in
a
cab;
OF
if
you’re with
a
group,
designate
a
driver
who
will
not drink.
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