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There is a gender difference, too. Women generallyStatistics show that the chance of being in a collision have a lower relative percentage of body waterincreases sharply for drivers who have a BAC of than men. Since alcohol is carried in body water, this0.05 percent or above. A driver with a BAC level of means that a woman generally will reach a higher BAC0.06 percent has doubled his or her chance of having a level than a man of her same body weight will whencollision. At a BAC level of 0.10 percent, the chance each has the same number of drinks.of this driver having a collision is 12 times greater; at a The law in most U.S. states, and throughout Canada,level of 0.15 percent, the chance is 25 times greater! sets the legal limit at 0.08 percent. In some otherThebodytakes about an hour to rid itself of the alcohol countries, the limit is even lower. For example, it isin one drink. No amount of coffee or number of cold 0.05 percent in both France and Germany. Theshowerswill speed that up. “I will be careful” is not the BAClimit for all commercial drivers in the United Statesright answer. What if there is an emergency, a need to is 0.04 percent. take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street? The BAC will be over 0.10 percent after three toApersonwithevenamoderateBACmightnotbeableto six drinks (in one hour). Of course, as we have seen, itreact quickly enough to avoid the collision. depends on how much alcohol is in the drinks, andThere is something else about drinking and driving that how quickly the person drinks them.manypeopledonotknow.Medicalresearchshowsthat But the ability to drive is affected well below a BAC ofalcohol in a person’s system can make crash injuries 0.10 percent. Research shows that the driving skillsworse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord, or of many people are impaired at a BAC approachingheart. This means that when anyone who has been 0.05 percent, and that the effects are worse at night. Alldrinking — driver or passenger — is in a crash, that drivers are impaired at BAC levels above 0.05 percent.person’s chance of being killed or permanently disabled is higher than if the person had not been drinking. 4-4

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