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Let’s be sensible drivers !

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Statistics don’t do justice to the pain and loss suffered by drunken driving victims and their families – the parents who have lost children, husbands and wives who have lost their spouses, kids who have lost their parents. This is why it is so important to be a sensible driver.

So what are some things you can do to prevent drinking and driving?

When Drinking Alcohol

Easter Arrive Alive don’t drink and drive

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  • Obey the rules of the road and carry your driver’s license with you.
  • Plan the route to your holiday destination and give yourself enough time to reach the destination
  • Make sure that your vehicle is in a roadworthy condition before departure. All lights and indicators, windscreen wipers, brakes, steering, exhaust system and tyres should be carefully examined for faults.
  • Do not overload.
  • Try to avoid driving after dark if possible.

Local Drunk Driving Laws in South Africa

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Any person driving on South African roads should be familiar with the local drunk driving laws in South Africa. Here’s a summary of the laws to make it easier for you:

  1. No person on a public road shall –

Occupy a driver’s seat of a motor vehicle, the engine of which is running, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a drug having a narcotic effect.

Alcohol is a drug

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It is classed as a depressant, meaning that it slows down vital functions—resulting in slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptions and an inability to react quickly. This also means – not to be consumed before driving a vehicle!

As for how it affects the mind, it is best understood as a drug that reduces a person’s ability to think rationally and distorts his or her judgment.

Facts About Driving Under alcohol Influence

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  • Impairment is not reliant upon the type of alcohol consumed, rather the number of drinks over a certain period of time. Despite myths and misconceptions, coffee, a cold shower, or exercise will not make a person more sober; only time will.
  • On average, a drunk driver will drive 80 times under the influence before their first arrest.
  • Someone is injured in a drunk driving incident every 120 seconds.
  • Between 50 to 75% of the people who have had their licenses revoked due to driving under the influence drive illegally without their license.

Are you too drunk to Drive

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Are you too drunk to drive

It’s important to know the legal limit for your country and state. In most places: if you have had more than one drink per hour, then you are legally drunk. If you aren’t sure whether you’re drunk, then you are probably drunk. Do not drive. Walk, or sleep over at a friend’s house, or ask a sober friend to drive you home. Do not risk your life.

Help End Drinking and Driving

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First thing anyone can do is make the choice themselves not to drink and drive. With this said there are many other ways you can help to end drinking and driving. Educating the youth, your personal family members as well as youth within your community is very important. They must know the dangers of drinking and driving as well as the legal repercussions of these action. Another way to help would be to volunteer with an organization set out to end drinking and driving, this will help you to reach out to more individuals and get the word across about the dangers of drinking and driving.

Don’t Let Friends Drink And Drive

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Don’t Let Friends Drink And Drive

It’s not always easy to convince someone who has been drinking not to get behind the wheel, but if you want to keep your friends around for many years to come, you may need to be the voice of reason for them every so often, and take steps to make sure that they do not drink and drive. One thing to do, while they are sober, is to let them know just how much their insurance rates could be affected by a drinking and driving charge.

Take The Keys

Is your drink drugged? One drop and you will know

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Drink Safe Technologies offers you the opportunity to safe guard your own drink by using our Drink Safe Coaster or Test Kit. With just put 1 drop from the drink on these coasters or cards and you will instantly know if your drink has been spiked!

Drink Safe is used around the world and is the trusted date rape prevention kit for individuals, universities, concerned parents, bar tenders and more!

Breathalyzer Vending Machine

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The breathalyzer has been a monumental piece of technology carefully improved over the the past 50 years. They have gotten smaller and more accurate. However, recently things have changed. Breathalyzer vending machines have been popping up all over the world.  Restaurants, pubs, clubs, bars, hotels, festivals and workplaces have begun putting these machines in their establishments.

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