1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass Owner's Manual - Page 149

this The obvious way to solve highway safety problem is for people never to drink alcohol and then drive. Bu Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is what if people do? How muchis "too much" if the a national tragedy. It's number one contributorto the driver plans to drive? It's alot less than many might the highway deathtoll, claiming thousandsof victims think. Althoughit depends on each person and situation, every year. here is some general information on problem. the Alcohol affectsfour things that anyone needs to drive (BAC) of someone The Blood Alcohol Concentration a vehicle: who is drinking depends upon four things: Judgment 0 The amount of alcohol consumed 0 MuscularCoordination The drinker's body weight Drunken Driving 0 Vision Attentiveness. 0 The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking The length of time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. Police records show that almost half all motor of vehcle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deathsare the result of someone who was drinking and driving.In recent years,over 17,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with use the of alcohol, with more than 300,000 people injured. Many adults-- by some estimates, nearly half the so adult population-- choose never to drink alcohol, they never drive after drinking. For persons under2 1, it's against the law every U.S. state to drink alcohol. in There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasonsfor these laws. According to the American Medical Association, a 180-lb. (82 kg) person whodrinks three 12-ounce up (355 ml) bottles of beer in an hour will end with a BAC of about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the ml) same BAC by drinking three 4-ounce (120 glasses drinks if each had 1-1/2 ounces of wine or three mixed (45 ml) of a liquorlike whiskey, gin or vodka.