1996 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 178

The body takes about an hour rid itself of the alcohol to in one drink. No amount of coffee or number of cold showers will speed that up. '7'11be 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 amoderate BAC might not beable 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 cordor heart. This means that whenanyone 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 very dangerous. is 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 a driver with who has been drinking. Ride home a cab; or if in you're with a group, designate a driver who will not drink. -- --