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.
I
A
CAUTION:
Drinking and then driving is
very
dangerous.
Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and
judgment can be affected
by
even a small amount
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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