1994 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 123

Your Driving and the Road There's something else about drinking and driving that many people don't know. Medical research shows that alcohol in a people are impaired at a BAC person's system can make crash injuries approaching 0.05 percent, and that the effects are worse at night. All drivers are worse. That's especially true for brain, impaired at BAC levels above 0.05 spinal cord and heart injuries. That means percent. Statistics show that the chance of that if anyone who has been drinking -being in an accident increases sharply for driver or passenger -- is in a crash, the chance of being killed or permanently drivers who have a BAC of 0.05 percent disabled is higher than if that person had or above. A driver with a BAC level of 0.06 percent (three beers in one hour for a not. beendrinking. And we've already 180-pound or 82 kg person) has doubled seen that the chance of a crash itself is his or her chance of having an accident. higher for drinking drivers. At a BAC level of0.10 percent, the chance of that driver having an accident is six times greater; at a level of 0.15 percent, the chances are twenty-five times greater! And, the body takes about an hour to rid itself of the alcohol in on@ drink. No amount of coffee or number of cold showers will speed that up. Drunken Driving (CONTI Control of a Vehicle You have three systems that make your vehicle go where you want itto go. They are the brakes, the steering and the accelerator. All three systems have to do their work at the places where the tires meet the road. Sometimes, as when you're driving on to snow or ice, it's easy ask more of those control systems than the tires and road can provide. That means you can lose control of your vehicle. a "I'll be careful" isn't the right answer. What if there's an emergency, a need to take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street? A person with a higher BAC might not beable to react quickly enough to avoid the collision.