Table of Contents
Advertisement
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. "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, &specially injuries, to the brain, spinal cord or
heart. This means that when anyone who has been
drinking
-
driver or passenger
-
is i n 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 ZrlcohoL 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
win
not drink.
~~
~
..
.
. ...
I1
I,
\
Advertisement
Table of Contents
