Alcohol is Major in Drivers
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Alcohol
is very much a part of the world we live in. We watch TV and we may
see at least five different commercials about alcohol. It pretty much
encourages you to go get a beer, or if you don't drink, makes u want
to go try it out. Also, when you listen to music, they sometimes
mention different kinds of alcoholic drinks, more so the expensive
kind but the influence is still there. So when in parties, in high
school or college, there is usually alcohol somewhere there. This is
sort of okay, when you are in the house, but when step foot into the
drivers seat of a car, then there is a definite problem.
Soon
as you step foot in the drivers seat of a car, you are just asking
for trouble. Alcohol is a depressant, which slows down the processes
occurring in the brain. Alcohol actually makes you LESS alert, but at
the same time gives you a strong but false sense of confidence. So
you will basically be driving and not really paying attention, but to
top that off, you're not sure if you feel right driving. Just for
visualization, imagine you are driving along the road in snow, you
feel like your going to make a mistake, and if something were to
suddenly happen, you wouldn't know what to do. If the person in front
of you were to suddenly brake, what do you think would happen?

Alcohol
also affects your judgement. It makes it hard for you to determine
certain distances and speeds, which makes you a lot more likely to
have an accident. When drunk, you could feel as if you were going
down the road at speeds no higher than 35 miles per hour, but in
reality, you are actually going about 60 miles per hour, on a back
road. Now if there was a cop sitting around and saw you driving at
speeds that high, he would surely pull you over and the consequences
would not be pretty. You could have your license revoked, you can be
arrested and you would have a record.