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Statistics show that the chance of being in a collision

increases sharply for drivers who have a BAC of

0.05 percent or above. A driver with a BAC level of

0.06 percent has doubled his or her chance of having a

collision. At a BAC level of 0.10 percent, the chance of

this driver having a collision is 12 times greater; at a level

of 0.15 percent, the chance is 25 times greater!

The body takes about an hour to rid itself of the alcohol in

one drink. No amount of coffee or number of cold

showers will speed that up. “I will be careful” is not the

right answer. What if there is an emergency, a need to

take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street?

A person with even a moderate BAC might not be able to

react quickly enough to avoid the collision.

There is something else about drinking and driving that

many people do not know. 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.

{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.

Please 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.

Control of a Vehicle

You have three systems that make your vehicle go where

you want it to 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 are driving on snow or ice, it is

easy to ask more of those control systems than the tires

and road can provide. That means you can lose control of

your vehicle. See StabiliTrak

System on page 4-9.

Adding non-GM accessories can affect your vehicle’s

performance. See Accessories and Modiﬁcations

on page 5-3.

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