1998 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 150

Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national tragedy. It's number one contributor to the the highway death toll, claiming thousands victims of every year. The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem is for people never to drink alcohol and then drive. But what if people do? How much is "too much" if the driver plans to drive? It'slot less than many might a think. Althoughit depends on each person and situation, here is some general information on the problem. The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) someone of who is drinking depends upon things: four 0 drive Alcohol affectsfour things that anyone needs to a vehicle: Judgment 0 The amount of alcohol consumed The drinker's body weight The amount of food that is con-amedbefore an during drinking MuscularCoordination Vision Attentiveness. 0 0 0 The length of time it has taken the drinker to Police records show that almost halfall motor of consume the alcohol. vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deaths are result of someone who was drinking According to the Arnerican Medical Association, a the and driving.In recent years, over 17,000 annual motor 180-lb. (82 kg) person who drinks three 12-ounce vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the use (355 ml) bottles of beer in an hour will end up with a 300,000 people injured. of alcohol, with more than BAC of about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the same BAC by drinking three 4-ounce (120 ml) glasses Many adults-- by some estimates, nearly half the of wine or three mixed drinks each had 1-1/2 ounces if drink alcohol, so adult population-- choose never to they never drive after drinking. For persons under 21, (45 ml)of a liquorlike whiskey, ginor vodka. it's against the law in every U.S. state to drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasonsfor these laws. 4-3