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Drunken Driving
Death and injury associated with drinking and driving
is a national tragedy. It’s the number one contributor to
the highway death toll, claiming thousands
of
victims
every year.
Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a
vehicle:
Judgment
0
Muscular Coordination
Vision
Attentiveness.
Police records show that almost half 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, some
18,000
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
2
1
,
it’s
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 solve this highway safety problem
is for people never to drink alcohol and then drive. But
what if people do? How much is
“too
much” if the
driver plans to 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.
The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of someone
who is drinking depends upon four things:
The amount of alcohol consumed
The drinker’s body weight
The amount of food that is consumed before and
during drinking
consume the alcohol.
The length of time it has taken the drinker to
According to the American Medical Association, a
180-lb.
(82
kg) person who drinks three 12-ounce
(355
ml) bottles
of
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
if
each had 1-1/2 ounces
(45
ml)
of
a liquor like whiskey, gin or vodka.
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