Facts About Drinking And Driving

By TADD (Teens Against Drinking and Driving

FACTS ABOUT DRINKING

(1) Drinking coffee after alcohol consumption may make you feel more awake, but you’re NO LESS IMPAIRED.

(2) A bottle of beer 355 ML = a shot 45 ML = A glass of wine 150 ML

(3) Designate a Driver BEFORE the Party Begins!

(4) Alcohol actually increases your susceptibility to cold and hypothermia.

(5) Alcohol slows your reaction time …STAY SHARP!

(6) Over half of the snowmobile fatalities in Manitoba involved alcohol!

(7) Eating while drinking slows the absorption of alcohol; IT DOES NOT stop the process of intoxication.

(8) Only time will overcome the effects of alcohol. Fresh air and dancing DO NOT change the rate at which alcohol is metabolized by the liver.

(9) In general, 40% of all fatalities, 20% of all injuries and 10% of all vehicle and property damage resulting from motor vehicle crashes in Manitoba are found to be ALCOHOL RELATED!

IMPAIRED DRIVING FACTS

(1) On average, 4.5 Canadians are killed and over 125 Canadians are injured DAILY in alcohol related crashes. (Transport Canada)

(2) Direct and indirect costs of alcohol related crashes are estimated to be $7.52 billion annually. (Research Report – Addiction (1998) 93(7) 991-1006)

(3) 70,587 charges of impaired driving were made in 1998. (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 1998)

(4) Approximately 40% of all traffic fatalities are alcohol related. (Traffic Injury Research Foundation)

(5) The Traffic Injury Foundation estimates there are 4.5 million impaired drivers on Canada’s roads every month.

(6) Impaired driving is the single leading criminal cause of death in Canada.