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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
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 21, 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:
0
The amount
of
alcohol consumed
0
The drinker’s body weight
0
The amount
of
food that is consumed before and
during drinking
The length
of
time
it
has taken the drinker to
consume
the
alcohol.
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.
4-2
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