1998 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 160

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