Either Don't drink while driving or Don't drive while drinking
Have you ever said you’re dying for a drink? It’s a harmless phrase, but every year hundreds of people literally do just that – thanks to drunk drivers. Impairment by alcohol is an important factor in causing accidents and in increasing the consequences of the same. From various studies conducted in low income countries, it has been found that alcohol was present in between 33% and 69% of fatally injured drivers, and in between 8% and 29% of drivers involved in crashes who were not fatally injured. Drivers and motor cyclists with any level of BAC greater than zero are at higher risk of a crash than those whose BAC is zero. With increasing BAC levels, the risk being involved in a crash starts to rise significantly at a BAC of 40 mg for 100 ml of blood. In experience, young/adults with BAC above zero have 2.5 times the risk of crash compared with more experience drivers. A study on drivers killed in road crashes has revealed that teenage drivers have more than 5 times the risk of a...