Question 4449
Does drinking alcohol during a meal, even in small amounts, affect driving?
- Yes, the driver's movements at the wheel are faster and more precise.
- No, because the food counteracts the negative effects of alcohol.
- Yes, it impairs concentration and increases reaction time.
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Correct answer: Yes, it impairs concentration and increases reaction time.
Yes. Even a beer or a glass of wine with a meal affects your concentration and increases your reaction time. Food only delays alcohol entering your blood, but all of it eventually gets there, along with its effects. Your movements do not become faster or more precise; they become slower.