If you’re planning a night out, plan how you’ll get home sweet home, before you head off.
We’d never ask you to give up having fun with your friends at the pub, but if you’re heading out, make sure you’ve teed up a way to get home before it’s actually time to go home. If you’re set on driving, be cool and stick to the softies.
Avoiding surcharges is a bonus
Driving might feel like second nature, but each time you get in the driver’s seat you need top-notch decision making and total concentration.
Alcohol affects your ability to be totally in control of our actions, therefore impacting your ability to drive safely on the road (and a bunch of other things like walking in a straight line and restraining from texting your ex).
At 0.02 to 0.05 Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) your ability to see moving lights correctly is reduced. You’re more likely to take risks. Your ability to judge distances and respond to a range of other incidents is also reduced.
At 0.05 to 0.08 BAC At 0.08 BAC, you’re five times more likely to have a crash than before you started drinking. Your ability to judge distances significantly reduces again - reactions are slower, and concentration spans become shorter.
At 0.08 to 0.12 BAC those driving with a BAC at this level are up to 10 times more likely to have a crash. You are overestimated, and your risk of reckless driving is at an all-time high. Peripheral vision is impaired (resulting in crashes due to hitting vehicles in passing), as well as your perception of obstacles.
THE LEGAL ALCOHOL LIMIT FOR FULLY LICENSED DRIVERS IS LESS THAN 0.05 AND 0.00 FOR P PLATERS
IN THE LAST 5 YEARS, 17% OF ALL DRIVERS AND RIDERS KILLED HAD AN ILLEGAL BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC)
Drink driving is a serious offence, and it’s also an offence if you refuse to take a breath test. If you are caught drink driving, you will cop all of the following:
If you are a repeat, high-risk or drug offending driver, the police can also apply a vehicle sanction to confiscate your vehicle or licence plates. It may also mean you lose your job, your friends and your family.
Know your limits. The legal alcohol limit for fully licensed drivers is less than 0.05, and for L and P platers it’s 0.00.
If you’re driving, commit to the cause and be the legend of a deso that gets yourself, and your friends home sweet home.
IF YOU DRINK,
DON'T DRIVE
