1996 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 158

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