1996 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 152

The body takes about an hour rid itself of the alcohol to in onedrink. No amount of coffee or number of cold showers will speed that up. "I'll be careful" isn't the right answer. What if there's an emergency, aneed to take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street? A person with even a moderate BAC might not beable to react quickly enough to avoid collision. the There's something else about drinking and driving that many people don't know. Medical research shows that alcohol in a person's system make crash injuries can worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or heart. This means that whenanyone who has been drinking -- driver or passenger -- is in a crash, that person's chance of being killed or permanently disabled is higher thanif the person had not been drinking. Drinking and then driving very dangerous. is 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 don't drink and drive or ride a driver with who has been drinking. Ride homein a cab; or if you're with a group, designatea driver who will not drink. -- --