of us joined t in AOIP-1lO
good of everyone in America. Than
or UJU'eC08Ilized • ng.
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previously unrealized
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�HELPVOUK
F� )'00 should understand
that drinking any amount of alco­
can unpair jour abili todri .
TIle g nerally accepted way
to measur intoxication i by your
8100d Alcohol Concentration
(BAC). In most area the legal
finition of intoxi ation i .10 per-
c ot HAC and above. , long
)'00 reach .10 BAC, your
judgmen and motor ills terio­
rate TapidIy. In fact,
include the definition of impaired
driving ability, which usually
begi a.ffi percent.
mportan " to eep in
mind are how m h you've drunk
in a gi n period of time, how much
'00 . and whether )UU've been
eating. Your a e, individual metab­
olism and experience with drink­
ing are a1so factors, r it
imply· not true that beer or wine
i r ely to mak )UU drunk
than so-called "hard" drinks. A
6«mce gla of wine, a 12-oonce
can or 1 Y! ounces of 86-
proof whi yha about the same
amoont of alcohol and will have
about the same effect on you.
How your Blood
ruu .... Concentration. Although
the effects of alcohol vary a great
deal, the average effects are shown
in the accompanying chart pre­
pared by the ational High ay
Traffic afety Administration.
Find }'OUr ight in the left-hand
column and then refer to the
number of drinks you ha had or
intend to ha over a to-hour
period. For example,·)'OO igh
160 pounds and ha had four beers
over the first two hours you're
drinking, )OOT Blood Alcoid Con-
centration woUld be dane y
be}Qld .ffi percent, and )'OUr driv­
ing ability would be riousIy im­
paired-a dangerous dri ing
situation. . beers in the same pe­
riod woUld gi )00 a RAC of OYer
.10 percent-the vel generally
. epted as proof of intoxication.
It· . to drun than
it· to get • The effects of
drinking do taper off as the alcohol
pa through your body, but t
drop is . In t examp above,
the pe n who had ix beers would
ill ha significant traces of ale
c I in his blood six hours lat r.
1TOIt-J, • I
100
120
140
160
1
200
220
240
The chart
T. �.
rang of resoonses
drink ma
Having a full omach will
pone hat the ffects al-
cohol, bu it will not keep )'OU from
becoming drunk.
Black coffee, cold ,or
walking around outdoors will do
n thing to mak you sober. Of
course, who claims, "111
be okay as soon as I get behind the
heel," may be making a fatal mi
judgment.
Al General ha
developed a device which t
dri r' reft xes and motor re­
SOOIrlSeS before i at the car to
start. TIle Department of Trans­
porta . . now . ng it in Cali-
fornia as a deterrent to repeat
offeRIers. Today, you, the dri r,
ha to know )'OUr Jimi and n
you' gone be}Qld them. If you
This advertisement is part of our
continuing effort to gi cus
ers us fu! information about
their cars and trucks and t
company that builds them.
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