| Show Killers What an outcry there would be if one airplane crashed each week in this killing ABOUT people are killed each and every week in automobile accidents in which an alcoholic person or is Even more people-another or more-are killed each week in meaning those in which drunk drivers or pedestrians are BUT IT is the alcoholic or habitually drunk driver who figures in the weekly casualties cited-about two-thirds of the annual alcohol-related toll of When people know and understand the facts about the great majority reach responsible decisions as to how much they will AN APPARENTLY little-known fact is that it takes very little alcohol to affect a person's ability to drive The risk of being in an auto crash starts to go up when there is a blood alcohol concentration of between and percent part of alcohol to or parts AN AVERAGE person will reach the percent level by taking two drinks in quick At percent BAC you are already a somewhat less safe even though you still may be on the safe side of legal IN MANY to percent means you are legally the In other percent BAC means legal At percent BAC you are seven times more likely to be responsible for a crash than if you had not taken a At percent you would be 25 times more likely to have a MORE PEOPLE should remember how easy it is to get into the high-risk range the next time they are deciding whether to have one last drink before hitting the On an drinking two martinis or manhattans on an empty stomach in 1 hour builds up percent three AND beer contains alcohol Drinking three bottles of 4 percent beer in an hour can send the BAC to percentile legal impairment level in some The drinking driver needs help for two reasons to reduce the traffic and highway dangers to others as well as to himself and to solve his overall problem of TO PROVIDE such the U.S. Department of Transportation is supporting Alcohol Safety Action Programs in many and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism supports treatment programs in conjunction with of The is a part of the Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration of FOR MORE information about write to P.O. Box |
