1997 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 204

Drunken Driving 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 what if people do? How much is "too much" if the a national tragedy. It's number one contributor to the driver plans to drive? It's alot less than many might the highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims think. Althoughit depends on each person and situation, every year. here is some general information on the problem. Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs todrive The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of someone a vehicle: who is drinking depends upon four things: Judgment The amount of alcohol consumed Muscular Coordination 0 0 The drinker's body weight The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking The length of time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. Vision Attentiveness. 0 Police records show that almost half of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. Inmost cases, these deathsare the resultof someone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, some 17,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the use of alcohol, withmore than 300,000 people injured. Many adults-- by some estimates, nearly halfthe adult population -- choose never to drink alcohol,so they never drive after drinking.For persons under 2 1, it's againstthe law in everyU.S. state to drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasons for these laws. According to the American Medical Association, a 180-lb. (82 kg) person who drinks three 12-ounce (355 ml) bottlesof beer in an hour will end up with a BAC of about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the same BAC by drinking three 4-ounce (120 ml) glasses of wine or three mixed drinks each had 1-1/2 ounces if (45 ml) of a liquorlike whiskey, gin or vodka.