1998 Chevrolet Tracker Owner's Manual - Page 150

The body takes about an hour to rid itselfthe alcohol of in one drink. No amount of coffee or number cold of showers will speed that up. "I'll careful" isn't the be right answer. What if there's an emergency, a need to take sudden action, as when a child into the street? darts A person witheven a moderateBAC might notbe able to react quickly enough avoid the collision. to There's somethingelse about drinking and driving that many people don't know. Medical research shows that alcohol in a person's system make crash injuries can worse, especially injuries the brain, spinal cord or to heart. This means that when anyone who has been drinking -- driver or passenger-- is in a crash, that person's chanceof being killed or permanently disabled is higher thanif the person had not been drinking. Drinking and then drivingis very dangerous. Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and judgment canbe affected by even smallamounl a of alcohol. You can have a serious or even fatal collision if you drive after drinking. Please don'tdrink and drive or ride with a drivel who has been drinking. Ride home a cab; or if in you're witha group, designate a driver who will not drink. 9-9 4-5