1. Alcohol & Driving Key Terms

2. Absorption How fast alcohol enters a persons bloodstream from the time they consume it until it begins to affect any of the abilities. Most alcohol is absorbed through the small intestines.

3. Actual Physical Control if a person has the ability to move the vehicle.

4. Binge Drinking Drinking a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time. This is how most teens drink.

5. Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) The % of alcohol found in a persons blood at any given time. How law enforcement measures the level of intoxication of a person.

6. Depressant Any mind altering substance that puts the brain to sleep, basically numbing the senses.

7. Full stomach, Empty Stomach Alcohol effects all of us differently. One of the main factors is food in the stomach

8. Impaired Legal term. Although not ‘legally drunk’ a person abilities are in many cases, effected enough to make them an unsafe driver. In the US.05 % BAC is considered impaired, and that person can be arrested and charges with a DUI.

9. Implied Consent To give the state the right to test for ALCOHOL. Upon receipt of your license it is “implied” that you will give your consent to a test (blood, breath or urine). If you refuse your license can be suspended or revoked.

10. Legal Drinks The law requires that a bar or restaurant that serves alcohol to give the consumer set amounts of alcohol per drink. These limits are 12 oz. beer, 4 or 5 oz. regular wine, and a mixed drink should contain 1 and ¼ oz. alcoholic beverage.

11. Oxidation The chemical process in the liver that removes 95% of the alcohol from the body. The body removes about one ounce of alcohol per hour. There is nothing you can do to speed up the process.

12. Peer Influence Formally known as peer pressure

13. Proof Alcohol content is measured by proof. Alcohol content is one half of proof. Example: 86 proof = 43% alcohol

14. Set and Setting Drug The drinking of alcoholic beverages by most young people is something they do with friends. It can be a sporting event, social party, or just a couple of friends riding around on a Friday night. There can be long time periods between one drinking occasion and another.

15. Sequence of mental growth 1.The brain actually starts functioning before birth. 2. Fine motor skills 3. Capacity to learn Alcohol reverses the sequence of mental growth

16. ALCOHOL FACTS Most alcohol enters the bloodstream through the small intestines and to a lesser extent the lining of the stomach. How quick it gets to your bloodstream depends on the contents of the stomach.

17. Alcohol Crash Chances.00% BAC None.015% -.049% BAC2.5 times greater.05% -.079% BAC 10 times greater.08%-.099% BAC 45 times greater.10%-.149% BAC90 times greater.15%- and above BAC 420 times greater

18. DUI LAWS 1 st conviction: Fine of $600 up to $2,100 Up to one year in jail or Both fine and imprisonment and Licensed suspended for 90 days

19. DUI LAWS 2 nd conviction: Fine of $1,100 up to $5,100 (within 5 years) Up to one year in jail or Both fine and imprisonment Mandatory jail time of 48 hours or 20 days of community service and license REVOKED for one year

20. DUI LAWS 3 rd conviction: Fine of $2,100 up to $10,100 Licensed revoked for three years May be sentenced to up to one year in prison MANDATORY serve* 60 days in jail (cannot be probated or suspended)

21. DUI LAWS 4 th conviction: Class C felony (and subsequent) Fine of $4,100 up to $10,100 License revoked for five years Mandatory one year and a day up to 10 years in jail

22. Legal Levels of intoxication.05% legally impaired (adults).08% legally intoxicated (adults).02% “ZERO” tolerance for minors, bus drivers, and daycare drivers  Under state law, it is unlawful for anyone to operate or be in actual physical control of a vehicle if they are under the influence of an intoxicating agent.

23. Factors that determine how alcohol effects the body: 1.The amount you drink 2.How fast you drink it 3.Your body weight 4.Food in the stomach 5.Experience 6.Tolerance 7.What you expect the alcohol to do-your mood

24. FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL 2010, there were 17,448 people killed in alcohol related crashes. This represents 41% of all traffic causalities 62% of all high school seniors have been drunk in the past year 31% of those have been drunk in the past two weeks The average BAC of drivers 16-21 arrested in 2010 was.16% The severity of alcohol related crashes is 14 times worse than non-alcohol crashes. 35% of high school seniors said they had ridden with a driver who had been drinking alcohol in the past month. It is a felony to purchase alcoholic beverages with a fake ID Alcohol limits in Europe average.05% BAC ( a license in Europe costs $7,200)

25. If the stomach is void of food the alcohol will enter the bloodstream quite rapidly. Most of the alcohol will be on your bloodstream within twenty minutes.

26. Food in the stomach can slow the alcohol down considerably, and it may take as long as forty five minutes to fully be ingested.

27. Alcohol primarily leaves the body through the liver. This process is called OXIDATION, removes alcohol at a fixed rate of one ounce per hour. As a rule this process can not be sped up. Over 95 % of the alcohol you consume leaves the body this way.