Preventing Impaired Driving

Although moderate drinking does not necessarily increase a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to the level at which driving is legally prohibited in the United States, any drinking can impair driving tasks. In addition to laws establishing lower legal BAC limits for drivers, legislative appr...

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Autores principales: Hingson, Ralph W., Heeren, Timothy, Winter, Michael R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10890796
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description Although moderate drinking does not necessarily increase a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to the level at which driving is legally prohibited in the United States, any drinking can impair driving tasks. In addition to laws establishing lower legal BAC limits for drivers, legislative approaches for reducing alcohol-impaired driving include imposing sanctions for drinking and driving and restricting alcohol’s availability.
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spelling pubmed-67616962019-10-02 Preventing Impaired Driving Hingson, Ralph W. Heeren, Timothy Winter, Michael R. Alcohol Res Health Articles Although moderate drinking does not necessarily increase a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to the level at which driving is legally prohibited in the United States, any drinking can impair driving tasks. In addition to laws establishing lower legal BAC limits for drivers, legislative approaches for reducing alcohol-impaired driving include imposing sanctions for drinking and driving and restricting alcohol’s availability. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 1999 /pmc/articles/PMC6761696/ /pubmed/10890796 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Unless otherwise noted in the text, all material appearing in this journal is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated.
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