NARRATOR: Like alcohol, drugs can affect your driving.

Some can make you drowsy and

impact your concentration. While others can increase risk taking behavior, and cause
aggression. They can also affect your reflexes, alertness, and muscle control.

And the effects of drugs in your body can linger long after you've taken them by altering your
mood and emotional state. If you have drugs in your system, you’re 10 times more likely to
crash.

Driving while impaired by drugs is a serious road safety issue. In the last five years,
approximately 41% of all drivers and motorcyclists killed, who were tested, had drugs in their
system. And some drugs stay in your system for days or even weeks after using them.

Police can stop you for a drug test at any time. And it's not just illegal drugs – over the
counter and prescription medications can affect how you drive. Always seek advice from
your doctor or pharmacist to understand how your medication might affect your fitness to
drive.

As a learner driver you're not allowed to have any alcohol or drugs in your system when you
drive.