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Drunk Driving

{ CAUTION:

Drinking and then driving is very dangerous.

Your reﬂexes, perceptions, attentiveness, and

judgment can be affected by even a small amount

of alcohol. You can have a serious — or even

fatal — collision if you drive after drinking. Do not

drink and drive or ride with a driver who has been

drinking. Ride home in a cab; or if you are with a

group, designate a driver who will not drink.

Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is

a global tragedy.

Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a

vehicle: judgment, muscular coordination, vision, and

attentiveness.

Police records show that almost 40 percent of all motor

vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases,

these deaths are the result of someone who was

drinking and driving. In recent years, more than

17,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have

been associated with the use of alcohol, with about

250,000 people injured.

For persons under 21, it is against the law in every

U.S. state to drink alcohol. There are good medical,

psychological, and developmental reasons for

these laws.

The obvious way to eliminate the leading highway

safety problem is for people never to drink alcohol and

then drive.

Medical research shows that alcohol in a person’s

system can make crash injuries worse, especially

injuries to the brain, spinal cord, or heart. This means

that when anyone who has been drinking — driver

or passenger — is in a crash, that person’s chance of

being killed or permanently disabled is higher than if the

person had not been drinking.

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