1996 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 185

The body takes about hour to rid itself of the alcohol an of in one drink. No amount of coffee or number cold CAUTION: showers will speed that up. "I'll careful" isn't the be an right answer. What if there's emergency, a need to take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street? Drinking and then drivingis very dangerous. Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and A person with evena moderate BAC might not be able judgment can be affected by even a small amount to react quickly enough to avoid collision. the of alcohol. You can have a serious or even There's somethingelse about drinking and driving that fatal collision if you drive after drinking. many people don't know. Medical research shows that Please don'tdrink and drive or ride a driver with can alcohol in a person's system make crash injuries who has been drinking. Ride home in cab; or if a worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or you're with a group, designate a driver who will heart. This means that when anyone who has been drinking -- driver or passenger is in a crash, that -not drink. person's chanceof being killed or permanently disabled is higher than if the person had not been drinking. I Ia -- -- 4-4