How Alcohol Impairs Driving? Alcohol is a major risk to driving. When driving on the road, you need to concentrate by keeping your eyes on the road, reacting to changing road conditions and controlling different aspects of your vehicle. By drinking alcohol and...
Drugs and Driving Alcohol is not the only drug that can affect your ability to drive safely. Many illicit drugs create effects that impair your senses, making it difficult to drive. Some common prescription drugs or over the counter drugs may make you drowsy...
Standard Drink – Defintion Many people are confused to what counts as a standard drink. It doesn’t matter how much is in your glass, what counts is the amount of alcohol in the drink. In the US, a “standard” drink contains 14 grams of pure alcohol which...
Alcohol affects more than just driving! Alcohol is a depressant that affects your vision, coordination, reaction time, multitasking ability, judgment, and decision-making. As you might already know, the short term effects of alcohol on driving can be...
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)? Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) is a measure of the amount of alcohol that is present in blood, based on the volume of alcohol consumed over a given period of time. Alcohol is metabolized by the liver, where enzymes...
