1995 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 137

The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem is for people never to drink alcohol and then drive. But Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a what if people do? How much is "too much" if the national tragedy. It's the number one contributor to the driver plansto drive? It's a lot than many might less highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims every think. Althoughit depends on each person and situation, year. here is some general information on the problem. Alcohol affects four things anyone needsto drive a that vehicle: The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) someone of who is drinking depends upon four things: Judgment How much alcohol consumed 0 Muscular Coordination 0 0 Drunken Driving Vision Attentiveness 0 The drinker's body weight The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking Police records show almost halfof all motor that The length of time it has taken the drinker to vehicle-related deaths involvealcohol. In most cases, consume the alcohol these deaths are the result of someone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, some 18,000 annual motor According to the American Medical Association, a vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the use 180-pound (82 kg) person who drinksthree 12-ounce of alcohol, with more than300,000 people injured. (355 ml) bottles of beer an hour will end up with a in BAC of about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the Many adults -- by some estimates, nearly half theadult same BAC by drinking three 4-ounce (120 ml) glasses population -- choose neverto drink alcohol, so they of wine or three mixed drinksif each had 1 1/2 ounces never driveafter drinking. For persons under 2 1, it's (45 ml) of a liquor like whiskey, gin or vodka. against the lawin every U.S. state to drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasons for these laws. 4-2