1998 Chevrolet Venture Owner's Manual - Page 258

The body takes about an hour to rid itself of the alcohol in one drink. No amount of coffee or number of cold showers will speed that up. "I'll be careful" isn't the if there's an emergency, a need to right answer. What is very dangerous. take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street? Drinking and then driving Your reflexes,perceptions, attentiveness and A person with even a moderate BAC might not be able judgment can be affected by evena small amount to react quickly enough to avoid the collision. of alcohol. You can have a serious or even There's something else 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 or ride with a driver alcohol in a person's system can make crash injuries who has been drinking. Ridehome in a cab; or if worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or driver who will you're with a group, designate a 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 killed or permanently disabled is higher than if the person had not been drinking. -- -- 4-5