1998 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner's Manual - Page 196

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 muchis "too much" if the a national tragedy. It's the number one contributor to driver plans to drive? It's a lot less than might many the highway death toll, claiming thousands victims of think. Although it depends on each person and situation, every year. here is some general information on the problem. Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of someone a vehicle: who is drinking depends upon four things: Judgment 0 The amount of alcohol consumed 0 0 MuscularCoordination Vision 0 0 The drinker's body weight The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking The length sf time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. Attentiveness. Police records show that almost half all motor of vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deaths are the result of someone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, over 17,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the use of alcohol, with more than 300,000 people injured. Many adults -- by some estimates, nearly half the adult population -- choose never to drink alcohol, so they never drive after drinking. For persons under 21, it's against the law in everyU.S. state to drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasons for these laws. 0 According to the American Medical Association, a 180-lb. (82 kg) person who drinks three 12-ounce (355 ml) bottles of beerin an hour will end up with a BAC of about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the same BACby drinking three 4-ounce(120 ml) glasses of wine or three mixed drinks if each had 1 ounces - 1/2 (45 ml) of a liquor like whiskey, gin vodka. or 4-3