Drivers Ed'

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Chapter 7 Drinking, Drugs, and Driving
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The Affects of Alcohol
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1) Alcohol is not digested. It passes through
your

• stomach and small intestine directly into the
  bloodstream and is carried to all parts of your
  body.

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2) After two, three, or four drinks, alcohol
begins to impair
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Reaching your brain in small
amounts, alcohol

• Promotes relaxation.

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3) Vision, and the ability to judge distance, is
affected,

• Making it more difficult to react and to drive
  safely.

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4) In addition, studies have proven conclusively
that a.

• combination of alcohol
• and
  anger is
• responsible
  for much of
• the reckless,
  aggressive
• driving that
  can cause
• fatal highway
  accidents.

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5) While most alcohol-related accidents involve
one vehicle,

• drinking and driving accidents
• often kill passengers, the driver or
• seriously injure others involved.

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How Much is Too Much?
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6) The only scientific way to check is through

• Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC).

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7) A simple breath test will show a

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  motorists
• (BAC)

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8) BAC is determined by four factors

• quantity,
• body weight,
• time,
• and amount of food eaten.

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9) The only way to reduce the risk of a crash
caused by drinking and driving is.

• DO NOT DRINK and DRIVE

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10) In New Jersey it is illegal for a motorist

• 21 or older with a BAC
• of .08 percent
• or
• higher to drive

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11) For motorist younger than 21

• It is illegal to drive
• with a BAC of .01 percent
• or
• higher

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12) Remember, it doesnt matter what alcoholic
beverage is consumed. There is as much alcohol in
the average beer as there is in the average drink
of whisky or wine. For example.
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Studies show the greatest number of people
arrested for drunken driving had been drinking

• Beer

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13) About ½ ounce of

• alcohol per drink.

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14) Food slows the absorption of

• Alcohol into the bloodstream
• This delaying action prevents large amounts of
  alcohol from affecting your brain immediately.
• But, if you drink a lot, and steadily, eating
  won't prevent a high BAC.
• And if alcohol is already in your bloodstream,
  eating won't sober you up.
• Neither will aspirin, black coffee, deep
  breathing, cold showers, a slap in the face or
  exercise.

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15) Heavy drinking will always produce a high
BAC, regardless.

• Of the amount of food consumed

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16) Eating does not make a motorist sober. Only
_____ will.

• TIME will help in recovering
• from a high BAC.

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If someone drinks too much,
do not let them drive.

• Arrange for a designated driver.
• Use public transportation.
• Call a cab.
• If no other transportation is available, suggest
  a nap or invite your guest to spend the night.
• As a last resort, you may have to notify the
  police.
• If a person gets drunk in your home and has an
  accident you might be involved in a lawsuit.

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BE A DESIGNATED DRIVER
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What can you do to be a good host
at your house?

• If you serve alcoholic drinks, provide
  non-alcoholic beverages as well.
• Also serve nutritious foods or snacks along with
  the drinks.
• Dont insist that your guests drink alcoholic
  beverages or push refills.
• Stop serving alcohol well ahead of the departure
  of your guests.

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Drinking even a small amount of alcohol increases

• Your chances of having an accident.
• DO NOT DRINK and DRIVE

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Drinking and Driving
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17) Alcohol affects decision making and slows
motorists

• REACTION TIME

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Mixing drinks doesnt make you drunk

• Alcohol does

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18) Law enforcement is trained to notice certain
telltale drinking and driving signs.

• What are some of the telltale signs
• Speeding
• Weaving
• Slow Driving
• Jerking Motion,
• and Quick Stops

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Drugs and Driving
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19) It is illegal to operate a motor vehicle on
New Jersey Roadways

• Under the influence of any illegal drugs

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20) Never mix drugs without asking a.

• Medical professional about potential side effects
• Always ask a medical professional how a drug may
  affect driving
• Read the label
• Do not mix two drugs

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21) Alcohol should never be mixed.

• With any drug or medications.

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Aggression and Driving
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Emotions affect your drinking style, and
drinking, in turn, affects your emotions.

• When you're at ease, you may stop after the
  relaxing effect of one or two drinks.
• Angry, tense or under pressure, you may want to
  keep drinking to relieve these emotional stresses.

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In heavier doses, alcohol can be a mood changing
drug

• Producing sudden shifts in feeling all the way
  from elation to anger.

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22) Road Rage occurs when motorist

• lose their tempers in reaction to a traffic
  disturbance, and they scream, honk, horns, making
  facial gestures, pass on the right, make improper
  and unsafe lane changes, run stop lights, speed,
  tail gate, and weave in and out of traffic.

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THE END
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1. Alcohol is a drug that affects your

• Overall driving ability

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2. Alcohol slows your reaction time so that it

• Takes longer to act in an emergency

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12. What you drink doesnt really matter. There
is as much alcohol in the

• Average drink of beer as there is in the average
  drink of whiskey or wine.

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16. How many drinks of alcohol can effect your
driving?

• Even one drink of alcohol can effect your driving
  or moderate amounts of alcohol may affect you
  more.

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17. What can you do to deal with social drinking?

• Arrange to go with two or more persons and agree
  which one will be the designated driver
• Use public transportation
• or call a cab.

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24. Any health problem can effect your driving.
List 3.

• (vision)
• (hearing)
• (emotions)
• a cough
• a stiff neck
• or a sore leg

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25. One out of four New Jersey residents is

• 55 years or older

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