Pontiac 1996 Grand Am Owner's Manual page 152

The body takes about an hour to rid itself
of
the alcohol
in
one
dri n k.
No amount of coffee
or
number of cold
showers will speed that up. "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 b'e able
to react quickly enough to avoid the collision.
There's ssmething else.about drinking and driving that
many people don't know. Medical research shows that
alcohol
iria
person's system can make crash injuries
worse,'espekially 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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