1997 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 250

Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national tragedy. It's the number contributor to one the highway death toll, claiming thousands victims of every year. Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Judgment 0 The obvious way to solve this highway safety problem is for people neverto drink alcohol and then drive. But what if people do? How muchis "too much" if the driver plansto drive? It's a lot less than many might think. Although it depends on each person and situation, here is some general information on the problem. of The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) someone who is drinking depends upon four things: The amount of alcohol consumed The drinker's body weight The amount of foodthat is consumed before and during drinking The length of time it has taken the drinkerto consume the alcohol. According to the American Medical Association, a 180-lb. (82kg) person who d r i n k s 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 1-112 ounces if (45 ml) of a liquor like whiskey, gin vodka. or MuscularCoordination Vision Attentiveness. Police records show that almost half of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deathsare the result of someone who was drinking and driving.In recent years, some17,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with use the of alcohol, with more than 300,000 people injured. Many adults-- by some estimates, nearly half the adult population -- choose never to drink alcohol, they so never drive after drinking. For persons under it's 2 1, against the law in everyU.S. state to drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasonsfor these laws. 4-3