1996 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 171

The body takes aboutan hour to rid itself the alcohol of 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 emergency, a need to an take sudden action, as whenchild darts into the street? a A person with even moderate BAC might not be a able to react quickly enough avoid the collision. to 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 brain, spinal cord or the 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 driving is very dangerous. Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and judgment canbe affected by even a small amount of alcohol. You can have a serious or even fatal collision if you drive after drinking. Please don't drink and drive or ride a with driver who has been drinking. 'Ridehome in a cab; or if you're with a group, designatea driver who *.not drink. -- -- 4-4