1994 Cadillac Fleetwood Owner's Manual - Page 183

"I'll be careful" isn't the right answer.What if there's an emergency, a need to take sudden action, as when child darts into the street? a A person with a higher BAC might not be at& to react quickly enough to avoid the collision. There's something else about drinking and driving that many people don't know. Medicalresearch shows that alcohol ina person's system can make crash injuries worse.That's especially true for brain, spinal cord and heart injuries. That means that if anyone who hasbeen drinking -driver or passenger -- is in a crash, the chance of being killed or permanently disabled is higher than if that person had not been drinking. And we've already seen that thechance of a crash itself ishigher for drinking drivers. 170