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The effect of alcohol
Alcohol is a drug that can be addictive when taken regularly.
Drinking alcohol generally gives a feeling of stimulation, although in reality alcoholic drinks have the opposite effect.
Alcohol is a depressant that slows down brain function.
The effect depends upon the part of the brain that is being suppressed - the first part to go is the part that keeps us under control, the inhibiting part - next our ability to speak, move and think are affected. these are classic drunk driver symptoms.
Because alcohol dulls your awareness and alertness, you do not recognise how badly you are affected.
After a drink, you take much longer between seeing a problem and reacting to it. With vehicles travelling around town at around 20 metres per second, fractions of a second can make all the difference.
Alcohol impairment could be the difference between stopping before the school crossing - or on it ...
Don't ... Can you begin to imagine how it would feel to lose your wife, husband, son, daughter ... In fact anyone who is close to you, because they have been drinking and driving, or because they were unfortunate enough to meet a driver who just had 'one-for-the-road'? |
Click the forward arrow to find out who is most at risk ...
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