Impaired Driving & Penalties — South Carolina

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Blood alcohol limits, drugs and fatigue, licence suspensions, demerit points and fines.

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TopicImpaired Driving & Penalties
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Questions (36)

1. Taking drugs along with alcohol:
  1. Increases the risk of causing a crash. ✓
  2. Is no more dangerous than consuming alcohol by itself.
  3. Lessens the effect of alcohol on your ability to drive.
  4. Has no effect on your general driving ability.

Answer: A. Increases the risk of causing a crash.

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2. A driver who is taking a non-prescription drug should:
  1. Read the labels on the drug before driving. ✓
  2. Drink alcohol instead.
  3. Continue to drive regardless of any warning labels.
  4. Drive only during daylight hours.

Answer: A. Read the labels on the drug before driving.

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3. Your license can be suspended if you are under 21 and drive with a blood alcohol level of:
  1. 0.15 percent or more.
  2. 0.08 percent or more.
  3. Any amount. ✓

Answer: C. Any amount.

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4. What might happen when alcohol is combined with another drug?
  1. The effects of the alcohol and the drug may both be increased. ✓
  2. Nothing will happen.
  3. The effects of the alcohol and the drug may both be reduced.
  4. The effects of only the alcohol may be reduced.

Answer: A. The effects of the alcohol and the drug may both be increased.

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5. What is a potential effect of taking a prescription drug while drinking alcohol?
  1. There will likely be no effect.
  2. It will make you more alert.
  3. It can make you unfit to drive. ✓

Answer: C. It can make you unfit to drive.

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6. The amount of alcohol in the blood is referred to as:
  1. Implied consent (IC).
  2. Blood alcohol concentration (BAC). ✓
  3. Rate of alcohol consumption (RAC).

Answer: B. Blood alcohol concentration (BAC).

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7. Alcohol is:
  1. A stimulant.
  2. An antihistamine.
  3. A depressant. ✓

Answer: C. A depressant.

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8. It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a minimum blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of:
  1. 0.05 percent.
  2. 0.08 percent. ✓
  3. 0.02 percent.
  4. 0.1 percent.

Answer: B. 0.08 percent.

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9. ____ limit your concentration, perception, judgment, and memory.
  1. Only a blood alcohol level greater than the legal limit can
  2. Alcohol does not
  3. Even the smallest amount of alcohol can ✓
  4. Only a blood alcohol level greater than 0.05 percent can

Answer: C. Even the smallest amount of alcohol can

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10. If someone has consumed alcoholic drinks, what will help the person overcome the influence of those drinks?
  1. Tomato juice and lime
  2. Hot coffee
  3. Fresh air
  4. Only time ✓

Answer: D. Only time

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