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.
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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