Drinking and then driving is very dangerous.
Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and
judgement 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.
Control
of
a
Vehicle
You have three systems that make your vehicle go where
you want
it
to
go. They are the brakes, the steering and
the accelerator.
All
three systems have
to
do their work at
the places where the tires meet
the
road.
I
Sometimes, as when you’re driving on snow or ice,
it’s
easy to ask more
of
those control systems than the tires
and road can provide. That means you can lose control
of
your vehicle.
Also
see
Stabilitrap
System
on
page
4-9.
4-5
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