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The body
takes about an hour to rid itself
of
the alcohol
in
one
drink. No amouht of coffee or number of cold
,showers will
speed
that
up.
"I'll be. careflul" isn't the
Tight answer. What if
$here's
an emergency,-.a-n.eed to
$&e
-sudden
action,
as when
.a
.child
darts into.. the =strG,e.t?
: A
p-~rsori
with
even,
a
.mderate
B.AC mi,ght not'be able
:Xo
react quickly e ~ ~ a u g h
to avoid the collision.
There's something-else ab.0u.t drinking ,and driving that
'mmy
people don't know. MediGal rese'aPch showsthat
l%ak-cihol in:a
pefsun's system:
can
make
.crash injuries
worse, especi-ally injuries to the brain, spinal
e-md
or
he-art. This mearis that when anyone who has been
drinking
---
driver
or passenger
--
is- ill
a
ci-ash, that
person's. ch:ance:
of
'being lulled or permanently di:sabled
is.hi@her
tk
~
if the ,person had-mt been drinking.
Drinking and then driving
i s . very
dangerous.,
Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and
j-udg:me.nt can be affected by 'even a sman amount
of alcohol. You can have a.serious
--
or even
fatal
---
collision if you drive after drinkhg.
Please don't-drink
m d
drive or
ride
with a driver
who has been drinking. Ride home in a
cab;
or
if-
you're with a group, designates driver who d l
not drink.
4-5.
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