!
'The body takes about
an
hour to rid itself of the alcohol
,in one drink.
No
amount of coffee or number of cold
'showers wlll speed that up. "I'll b'e careful'' isn't the
~~r~.-~~
?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
I-
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
n'ot drink.
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