1997 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 189

Drunken Driving Death and injury associated drinking and driving is with a nationaltragedy. It's the number one contributor to the highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims every year. Alcohol affects four things that anyone to drive needs a vehicle: Judgment MuscularCoordination 0 The obvious way to solve thishighway safety problem is forpeople never to hk alcohol and then drive. But n if what if people do? How much is "too much" the driver plans to drive?It's a lot less than many might think. Although it depends on each person and situation, here is some general informationthe problem. on The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) someone of who is drinking depends upon four things: 0 0 0 The amount of alcohol consumed The drinker's body weight The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking The length of time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. Vision Attentiveness. 0 Police records show that almost of all motor half vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. most cases, In these deathsare the resultof someone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, some 17,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the use of alcohol, with more than300,000 people injured. Many adults-- by some estimates, nearly half the adult population-- choose never to drink alcohol, so they never drive after drinking. For persons under 21, it's against the law in every state to drink alcohol. U.S. There are good medical, psychologicaland developmental reasons for these laws. 0 According to theAmerican Medical Association, a 180-lb. (82 kg)person who drinks three 12-ounce (355 ml) bottles of beer in an hour will end up with a BAC of about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the same BAC by drinking three 4-ounce (120 ml) glasses of wine orthree mixed drinks if each had 1- 1/2 ounces (45 ml) of a liquor like whiskey, gin or vodka. 4-3