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| Alcohol is implicated in a very large number of road
accidents because it leads to slowed reflexes, problems with vision and a loss of self
control. At 0.5 g/l the risk of accident is multiplied by 2. At 0.8 g/l it is multiplied
by 10. Overall, alcohol is implicated in less than 10% of accidents which are not serious,
25 % of accidents causing injury to the driver and/or passengers, 50 % of fatal collisions
and 65 % of accidents where a single driver is involved. Young drivers are particularly
affected by the problem of drink-driving, maybe because of their lack of experience and
maturity as drivers. It might be a good idea if you first look at the diagrams and
graphs and try to analyse them yourself before reading our results. |
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