According
to official numbers, traffic-related deaths have dropped in recent years. Nevertheless,
the numbers remain worrying when it comes to highway deaths caused by drunken driving.
There are numerous warnings and public awareness
campaigns and programs. Despite of all of them, including stiff penalties for
traffic violations, getting behind the wheel while under the influence of
alcohol continues to be a huge problem.
What Could Happen?
Most
drivers are not aware of the actual perils that drunken driving can create. A driver
that has a concentration of the alcohol in his blood of at least 0.10 is in
fact seven times more likely to get into a deadly motor vehicle crash than a
driver who is not under the influence. A driver with a blood alcohol concentration
of at least 0.15 is 25 times more likely to get into a crash. The more you
drink, the more prone you are to get involved into a nasty accident. If you
weigh 160 pounds and you decide to drink two beers within a timeframe of an hour,
your BAC will go somewhere close to 0.4, which is a value below the legal limits,
but at the same time 1.4 times more prone to suffer an accident than a person
who has not sipped any alcohol beverages. Stay home instead of getting behind
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Add two
extra beers to that and you will boost the likelihood of having an accident by
a tenfold. A value of 0.08 for your BAC means you are 11 times more likely to
get into a crash than a sober driver. During holidays and hot summer weekends
take a taxi home or ask for a sober friend to drive you places and never get
behind the wheel no matter what.