If you drink alcohol socially, what helps ensure safe driving?
- Drink coffee before driving.
- Ride home with a friend who has not been drinking. ✓
- Take a cold shower before driving.
- Stop drinking one half hour before driving.
Answer: B. Ride home with a friend who has not been drinking.
Ride home with a friend who has not been drinking, or otherwise arrange a sober driver before you drink.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says alcohol reduces judgment, reaction, vision, and concentration, and that even one drink can affect driving. It states plainly that no one can drink alcohol and drive safely. The safe plan is to designate a sober driver before drinking or help an impaired person get a safe ride home. Riding with a friend who has not been drinking matches that guidance.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Drink coffee before driving. — Coffee is not described in the passages as removing alcohol's effects, and the handbook says alcohol still reduces the skills needed to drive safely.
- C. Take a cold shower before driving. — A cold shower is not mentioned as a way to undo alcohol's effects, and the handbook says alcohol reduces judgment, reaction, vision, and concentration.
- D. Stop drinking one half hour before driving. — Waiting half an hour is not a safe fix, because the handbook says even one drink can affect driving and no one can drink alcohol and drive safely.
Remember it
Before the first drink, line up the sober ride home; don't try to sober up afterward.