A 3-minute lesson from the Wyoming course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
You can't judge drunkenness by looks. Regular drinkers can hide the outward signs at high BACs, yet their driving skills are still damaged. Alcohol attacks every step of safe driving: identify, predict, decide and execute.
People at 0.08% are impaired whether or not they show it. As BAC rises, drivers become more and more impaired, regardless of whether they appear impaired.
Your friend says he's fine to drive because he isn't slurring or stumbling. People who drink regularly can hide outward signs, but at 0.08% they are impaired mentally and physically whether it shows or not. Don't let him drive.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Drunkenness is always obvious through outward signs like staggering or slurred speech.
True
False
Answer: False
Many people who regularly drink to high BACs show no outward signs, yet their driving ability is still impaired.