1998 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 200

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. Alcohol affectsfour things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Judgment 0 The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem is for people never to drink alcohol and then drive. But if the what if people do? How much is "too much" driver plansto drive? It's a lotless than many might think. Although it 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 four things: 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. MuscularCoordination Vision Attentiveness. 0 Police records show that almost half all motor of vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deaths are the resultof someone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, over 17,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with use the 300,000 people injured. of alcohol, with more than Many adults -- by some estimates, nearly half the adult so population -- choose never to drink alcohol, they never drive after drinking. persons under21, it's For U.S. against the law in every state to drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasonsfor these laws. According to the American 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 (120 same BAC by drinking three 4-ounce ml) glasses of wine orthree mixed drinks if each had 1/2 ounces - 1 (45 ml) of a liquor like whiskey, gin or vodka.