Driving After Just One or Two Drinks Can Increase Chances of Injury or Fatality

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - Nov. 20, 2013 - PRLog -- Sacramento, Calif. - November 20, 2013 - According to statistics from the Searidge Foundation, the risk of injury in a car accident doubles after the driver consumes one alcoholic beverage. Driving after just one or two drinks, also called "buzzed driving," is a significant contributor to highway accidents and fatalities during the holiday season.

To increase awareness of buzzed driving and its dangers, Sacramento limousine company Baja Limo has teamed up with KFBK and Clear Channel Radio to promote its designated driver services for partygoers. The initiative encourages private and corporate parties to hire professional drivers to ensure that their friends and family members arrive home safely.

Most people are poor judges of whether they're too impaired to drive. Although each state has a legal blood alcohol limit, people's individual responses to alcohol depend on factors like their weight, their tolerance levels and how much food they've eaten while drinking. A certain number of drinks won't always cause a drunk driving accident. However, one drink too many, whatever that number may be, always places people at risk of injuring themselves and others.

Guests that are buzzed may not appear to be drunk. However, according to the National Institutes of Health, alcohol impairs a driver's judgment before it affects coordination and motor skills. Impaired judgment while driving can affect a driver's sense of timing and depth perception. For example, buzzed drivers may incorrectly judge that they have sufficient time and space to make a left turn in front of an oncoming car.

Many guests may not realize that their generous hosts are offering oversized servings of alcohol. According to most medical professionals, one drink equals 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine or one standard shot of 80-proof liquor. A partygoer may drink the amount of wine served in one glass, for example, but the bartender may have poured more than five ounces of wine into the glass.
Party hosts that hire Sacramento limousine services like Baja Limo as designated drivers do more than ensure that their guests travel home in style. They ensure that their guests get back to their residences or hotel rooms without endangering themselves or other drivers. Whether they hire a designated driver service or not, party hosts should look out for signs of buzzed driving. Often, just one or two drinks may be enough to justify taking away the keys.

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