How alcohol affects you

BAC 0.02%

Typical effects:

 some loss of judgment

 relaxation

 slight body warmth

 altered mood

Predictable effects on driving:

 decline in visual functions (rapid tracking of a moving target)

 decline in ability to perform two task at the same time (divided attention)

BAC 0.05%

Typical effects:

 exaggerated behaviour

 may have loss of small-muscle control (for example, focusing your eyes)

 impaired judgment

 usually good feeling

 lowered alertness

 release of inhibition
Predictable effects on driving:

 reduced co-ordination

 reduced ability to track moving objects

 difficulty steering

 reduced response to emergency driving situations

BAC 0.08%

Typical effects:

 muscle co-ordination becomes poor (for example, balance, speech,

vision, reaction time and hearing)

 harder to detect danger

 judgment, self-control, reasoning and memory are impaired

Predictable effects on driving:

 loss of concentration

 short-term memory loss

 speed control

 reduced information process capability (for example, signal detection,

visual search)

 impaired perception

BAC 0.10%

Typical effects:
  clear deterioration of reaction time and control

 slurred speech, poor co-ordination and slowed thinking

Predictable effects on driving:

 Reduced ability to maintain lane position and brake appropriately

BAC 0.15%

Typical effects:

 far less muscle control than normal

 vomiting may occur (unless this level is reached slowly or a person has
developed a tolerance for alcohol)

 major loss of balance

Predictable effects on driving:

 Substantial impairment in vehicle control, attention to driving task and in

necessary visual and auditory information processing