Chapter 8

Drugs, Drinking, and Driving

1. Each year, thousands of Minnesotans mix alcohol or other drugs with driving and experience
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2. Most drinking drivers in Minnesota are ______________ who violate the law only on rare
occasions.

3. ____________ is the number one factor in _______________ on our highways.

4. True/False: Almost half of the motor vehicle deaths in Minnesota involve alcohol.

5. With just a .05 blood alcohol level, your chance of becoming a motor vehicle fatality is
______________________ than when you have no alcohol.

6. Alcohol is a _________________________ that slows body functions.

7. One of the first areas affected by alcohol is _______________.

8. This contributes to the fact that many drivers who had been drinking fail to ______
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9. As the alcohol concentration increases, eye movement to the side __________.

10. Alcohol will significantly _________ the ability to react quickly.

11. Impaired drivers often _________, resulting in weaving.

12. Alcohol __________ the rate at which you think about or process information.

13. True/False: Impaired drivers are at less risk because they are relaxed.

14. Alcohol reduces a person’s ability to pay attention to _____________ thing at a time.

15. At what alcohol concentration level does coordination and balance becomes impaired?
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16. In rating the strength of alcoholic beverages, proof equals ________ the percent of alcohol
present.

17. A 12 ounce beer will affect your alcohol concentration level as much as a ________ glass of
wine, a mixed drink with ____________________, or a ______ wine cooler.

18. If a man and a woman of equal weight drink the same amount of alcohol, the alcohol
concentration will be higher in the _________.

19. What happens when 2 or more drugs, including alcohol, are mixed? ________
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20. What is the one necessary ingredient to sober up? __________

21. What is the Implied Consent Law? ___________________________________

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22. At what alcohol content will your driving privileges be revoked? _________

23. It is illegal to have an open container of alcohol in the area of the vehicle ______
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24. Any amount of alcohol has the potential to impair your ability to drive _________.