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
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.
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
Traction Assist
System
(TAS)
on
page
4-9.
4-5
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