Driving under the influence of any medication which impairs your driving is permitted:
- Under no circumstances. ✓
- If you don't feel drowsy.
- If it is prescribed by a physician.
Answer: A. Under no circumstances.
Driving under the influence of any medication that impairs your driving is not permitted under any circumstances.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says prescription and over-the-counter medications can affect your ability to drive, sometimes as much as alcohol or worse. It tells you to check the label and ask a doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure. It also says it can be a criminal offense to drive while impaired by drugs. Because the warning covers prescribed medicines too, having a prescription does not make impaired driving allowed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. If you don't feel drowsy. — Not feeling drowsy does not make it safe or legal, because the handbook warns that medications can affect driving and that driving while impaired by drugs can be a criminal offense.
- C. If it is prescribed by a physician. — A physician's prescription does not create an exception, because the manual includes prescription medications among the drugs that can impair your driving.
Remember it
Check the label and ask a pharmacist before driving on any medicine; a prescription is not a driving pass.