Road rules / 🇺🇸 alcohol
When does alcohol begin to degrade driving ability?
✓ ANSWER
With the first drink — impairment starts well below the legal limit
Judgment and reaction time decline from the first drink, long before you reach any legal threshold.
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- ✓With the first drink — impairment starts well below the legal limit
- ✗Only at exactly 0.08%
- ✗Only after five or more drinks
- ✗Only if you also feel sleepy
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