Drink-driving

Alcohol has a huge affect on our brain and alters the way we think and make driving decisions, such as braking, steering or changing lanes. 

On average 3,000 people are killed or seriously injured each year in drink-drive collisions, that’s 20 percent of all road deaths involving drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit. Many of the road victims are innocent; sometimes it’s other road users, sometimes it’s the driver’s mates who were in the car with them, sometimes it’s both.
 
Driving at twice the legal alcohol limit means you are at least 50 times more likely to cause a road crash than a driver who hasn’t been drinking. 
 
After drinking alcohol:
  • Your reactions are slower
  • Your judgement of speed and distance is poorer
  • Your field of vision is reduced
  • You take longer to stop
  • Your confidence is increased so you take more risks 
 
You’re really not capable of controlling a car in this state.
 


Think! - Road safety advert - drink-driving

 

Think! - UK anti-drink driving advert (Click on the title to view the video clip)