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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
LIP.
"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.
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Drinking and then driving
is
very dangerous.
Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and
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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.
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