Show The Driver's Seat The driver who drinks even one and then takes his car down the highway should be called Life and Death of the Party Alcohol slows down reflexes the efficient brakes slow down a car with this a driver controls his but alcohol controls the Take a for the at some figures that show what reflexes really They of the difference between life and but these National Safety Council data on give a new sharpness to this A car going 20 miles per hour travels 52 feet between the time a driver sees the applies the and brings it to a stop A driver's ar 60 that the time it takes him to see danger and apply brakes is 66 and the car itself going at a mile-a-minute will travel feet before being stopped by average At 70 miles an hour the speed at which so many reflex-fuzzy drivers travel after bending an elbow the thinking is 77 and the stopping distance feet writh good and with There is no way to laugh off these facts Nor is there any way to laugh off the tragic results caused by ignoring Put it this if going 70 miles an you will cover more ground than the length of a football field before you can stop your And this holds true only when your reflexes are normally keen and A driver whose mind is fuzzy with alcohol will take far more time to see danger and stop his car he stops it at all before hitting a an or another Danger signals such as a pedestrian suddenly stepping into the or an automobile cutting recklessly out of its proper traffic lane don't register automatically in a befuddled There must be a dual process of recognition and This may take only a few but these few seconds are generally the difference between life and death on the the ritual of for the can be a prelude to disaster It is often the choice between taking a drink and taking a 30 |