New Delhi: Thursday, 27 December 2012: Several studies confirm that consuming one or two drinks leads to an increased risk of injury. No safe level of alcohol use exists for the use of potentially dangerous equipment, said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India.
BACs of 0.02 to 0.05 percent impair the ability to operate motor vehicles; this level of blood alcohol can occur with even a single drink. Exposure to alcohol is measured in blood alcohol concentration (BAC) rather than drinks per day or week. The legal BAC limit for driving is 0.03 percent.
This corresponds to approximately four drinks for a 200 pound man, but only 2.5 drinks for a 150 pound woman.
· The risk of involvement in a collision while driving doubles at a BAC of only 0.05 percent
· Simulated driving ability is impaired with BACs as low as 0.02 percent.
· The risk of driving accidents is greatest in the first two years of exposure to alcohol.
· For pilots the BAC offense level is 0.04 percent.
· Alcohol is involved in one-half to two-thirds of all homicides, at least one-half of serious assaults, and more than one-quarter of all rapes.
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