Step 3 » GENERAL learning environment Category B (B, B1)

The consumption of alcohol, even in small amounts, affects thinking, reactions, and self-control. This can lead to adopting a risky driving manner, such as underestimating dangers, neglecting traffic rules, or taking dangerous maneuvers. At the same time, alcohol can induce a state of excessive relaxation or a false confidence in one’s own abilities, which reduces the driver’s ability to react quickly and adequately in critical situations.

The effects of alcohol on the driver of the vehicle:

1. decrease of concentration level: The attention of the driver of the vehicle is diminished, which affects observing the traffic and reacting to unexpected events;
2. wrong assessment of distances and speeds: The driver of the vehicle may wrongly perceive the position of the other vehicles or their speed of movement;
3. disruption of reasoning: The decisions of the driver of the vehicle become irrational and dangerous;
4. increase of reaction time: Decisions are delayed, which can lead to accidents;
5. decrease of reflexes and accuracy: The fine motor skills of the driver of the vehicle are affected, which makes maneuvering the vehicle difficult;
6. underestimation of risks: The dangers in traffic are ignored or treated superficially.

The stages of alcohol consumption:

• the first stage: the driver of the vehicle has a false impression of confidence and believes that he can control the vehicle better than usual;
• the second stage: confusion appears, and the maneuvering of the vehicle becomes unstable, with movement in zigzag;
• the third stage: the driver of the vehicle completely loses the ability to control the vehicle.

The relationship between blood alcohol level and accident risk:

The correct answer is: B