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
9-
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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