1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 178

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'll be careful" isn't the right answer. What if there's 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's something else aboutdrinking and driving that many people don't 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. Drinking and then drivingis very dangerous. Your reflexes,perceptions, attentiveness and judgment canbe affected by even a small amount of alcohol. You can have a serious or even fatal collision ifyou drive after drinking. Please don't drink and drive ride with a driver or who has been drinking. Ride home in a cab; or if you're with a group, designate a driver who will not drink. -- --