1998 Buick LeSabre Owner's Manual - Page 179

The body takes aboutan hour torid itself of the alcohol in one drink. No amount of coffee or numberof cold showers will speed that "I'll be careful" isn't the up. right answer. What there's an emergency, a need to if take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street? A person with even a moderate BAC might not be able to react quickly enough to avoid the collision. There's something else about drinking and driving that many people don'tknow. Medical research shows that alcohol in aperson's system can make crash injuries worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or heart. This means that when anyone who has been drinking -- driver or passenger-- is in a crash, that person's chance of being killed or permanently disabled is higher than the person had not if been drinking. Drinking and then drivingis verydangerous. 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 anddrive or ridewith a driver who has been drinking. Ride home in a cab; or if you're with a group, designate a driver who will not drink. -- -- 4-5