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.
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.
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.
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