Owner`s manual
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, 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.
I
I
a
CAUTION:
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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