GMC 2003 Envoy - Manual (Page 237)

this nieans thaï a woman generally will reach a higher
BAG level lhan a man nf her aame br>dy weighl
when each has the same number of drinks.
The law In an mcreasing number of U.S. slates, and
throughool Canadan sels the legal I ¡mil a( 0.03 percent
In some olher countries, the limit is even lower. For
example, И is 0.05 percent in ho1h France and Germany
The BAG limit for all commercial drivers jn the United
States is Q.04 percent
The BAG will be over Ы.1Ы percent after three to s\x
drinks (in one hour^. Of course, as we Vo seen, if
depends on how much aJcohot is In the drinks, and hew
quickly the person drinks Ihem.
Brit I he abiHly to drive is affected well below a BAG of
0.10 percent. Flesearch shows that the driving skills of
many people are impaired at a BAG approaching
D.05 porconf, and that (he effects are worse at ntghf.
All drivers are impalTed at BAG levels above
0.05 prercent. Slaliglica show 1ha1 the chance of being in a
collision increases sharply for drivers who have a BAG o1
D.05 percent or above. A drivar wild a ВАС level of
0,06 percent has doubled his or her chante of having a
coliision. At a ВАС level of 0, f 0 percent, Ihe chance of
this driver having a cofllsion is 1
2 limes greaier, al a level
of 0.15 percent, the chance is 25 times greatarl
The body lakes aboul an hour lo hd Itself ol the alcohoJ
in one drink. No gmouni of coffee or number of cold
showers will speed lhal up. "I'll be careful" tan'l the rfghi
answer. What if there's an emergency, a need (o take
sudden action, as when a child dans inlo the street?
A person with even a moderate BAG might not be able
to react quickly enough to rsvoid the colkaion.
There's something else about drinhing and driving that
many people don'l know. Medical research shows that
alcohol in a person’s system can make crash injuries
wofse^ especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or
hearl. This means thal when anyone who has bean
[jrinking — driver or passenger = is in a crash, ihgf
person's chance of being killed or permanently disabled
is higher Than if the person had not been drinking.
Drinking and then driving rs very dangerous.
Your reflexes, perceptions, attentivene^ end
judgement can be affecied by even a small
amount of alcohol. You can have a serious — or
even fatal —collision if you drive after drinking.
Please don4 drink and drive or ride with a driver
who has tieen drinking. Ride home jn a cab; or it
you're with a group, designate
& driver who will
not drink.
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