Does any of these sound familiar to you?

"I had only one drink, I am ok." or "I'm only going down the road."

Many of us already know that drink driving is dangerous. However, we are often able to find excuses to drive even after drinking. Don’t take chances. Alcohol impairs your driving skills in many ways. Your vision will be affected, you react slower and you lose you sense of good judgment. Any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive. There is no foolproof way of knowing how much an individual person can drink and still drive safely.

Facts

The legal limit of alcohol is 22 micrograms per 100 ml of breath.

Even when the alcohol level is under the legal limit, the driver can still be convicted if it is shown that he/she did not have proper control of the vehicle as a result of alcoholic intoxication. For example, a driver who causes an accident by ramming into a stationary vehicle can be liable for a drink-driving conviction, even though his breath-alcohol level falls within the legal limit.

If you drive at twice the legal alcohol limit you are at least 30 times more likely to cause a road crash, than a driver who hasn't been drinking.

 

Safety Tips

Been drinking? Take a different way home
If you've been drinking, it's better not to drive. There are plenty of alternative ways to get home:

• take a taxi
• use public transport
• stay overnight
• arrange a lift with someone who isn't drinking

Time does the trick
Coffee and cold showers don't help you sober up. Time is the only way to get the alcohol out of your system.

 

Survey Bites

Findings from 2011 AXA Road Safety Survey:

• Respondents rank drink driving as the 2^nd highest dangerous driving habit (83%).
• In terms of knowing the alcohol limit
  • 38% of respondents stated the correct alcohol limit (no more than 22 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of breath)
  • 37% stated a limit that is lower than the above (stricter than law)
  • 2% stated a limit that is higher than the above
  • 24% said don’t know
     

Good news: the awareness of danger in drink driving is high.

Check out the AXA Road Safety Survey to get the full picture!

Join AXA in this prevention commitment to make driving on our roads a safe and pleasant experience for all.

Think Safety, Drive Safely!