1996 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual - Page 154

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