Alcohol effects — Alabama Permit Test

The amount of alcohol in one bottle of beer is about equal to that in an average shot of whiskey or a glass of wine, and the effect on the average driver is the same.

Choosing beer over liquor does not make you safer, because the alcohol per drink is about the same.

The amount of alcohol in one bottle of beer is about equal to that in an average “shot of whiskey or a glass of wine.”

Alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant: it slows reflexes, interferes with judgment, reduces alertness and impairs observation.

The lift some people feel is lowered inhibition, not sharper driving.

Alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant. It slows normal reflexes, interferes with judgment, reduces alertness, and impairs observation.

Black coffee, food or a cold shower might wake you, but they will not sober you; only time lets the liver break alcohol down.

The body clears alcohol at its own pace, and nothing you drink or do speeds that up.

Black coffee, food, or a cold shower might wake you, but they will not sober you.

A small amount of alcohol will affect you more on an empty stomach than it usually would with food in your stomach.

Food slows how fast alcohol reaches the blood, so drinking without it hits harder and faster.

A small amount will affect you more on an empty stomach than it usually would if you have food in your stomach.

Whether you drink beer, wine or whiskey, it is the amount of alcohol that enters the blood that counts.

The kind of drink makes no difference to how impaired you are; the alcohol does.

It doesn’t matter whether you are drinking beer, wine, or whiskey - it’s the amount of alcohol which enters the blood that counts.

Impairment can occur before legal intoxication is reached.

You can be too impaired to drive safely while still under the legal limit.

Impairment can occur before legal intoxication is attained.

Approximately 50 percent of all fatal crashes each year involve drivers who have been drinking.

Half of all deadly crashes have alcohol behind them, which is why the law treats drinking and driving so harshly.

Each year, approximately 50 percent of all FATAL crashes involve drivers who have been drinking.

How does the alcohol in one bottle of beer compare with a shot of whiskey?

About the same. Choosing beer over liquor does not make you safer, because the alcohol per drink is about the same. Alabama Driver Manual, p.33: “The amount of alcohol in one bottle of beer is about equal to that in an average “shot of whiskey or a glass of wine.””