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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 up. "1'11 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.
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