Alcohol effects on judgment — Tennessee Permit Test

The two abilities most important to driving are judgment and vision, and both are affected by small amounts of alcohol.

Even a drink or two clouds what you see and how you decide, the two things driving leans on most.

The two abilities most important to the driving task are judgment and vision, both of which are affected by small amounts of alcohol.

Your ability to judge speed, time and distance is altered after only one drink.

After one drink you may think a gap in traffic is wide enough when it is not, and pull out in front of a car.

Your ability to judge speed, time and distance are altered after only one drink.

Driving skills, judgment and vision are greatly impaired at BAC levels as low as .03 and .04 percent, especially for young drinkers.

Impairment starts long before the legal limit. Being under .08 does not mean you are safe to drive.

Research has proven that driving skills, good judgment and vision are greatly impaired at BAC levels as low as .03 and .04 percent, especially for young drinkers.

People under the influence of alcohol take unnecessary and dangerous risks, such as speeding, passing without enough room and speeding around curves.

Alcohol quiets the voice that says this is a bad idea, so the drinker passes on a blind curve and calls it fun.

People under the influence of alcohol take unnecessary and dangerous risks.

The first thing affected after drinking alcohol is a person's judgment.

Judgment is what tells you not to drive. Since it goes first, the drinker is the worst person to decide.

The first thing affected after drinking alcohol is a person’s judgment.

Two or three drinks of alcohol in 3 hours or less impair the driving ability of most people.

Two or three drinks at a dinner does not leave most people fit to drive home, even if they do not feel drunk.

Reliable research studies show that two or three drinks of alcohol in three hours or less impair the driving ability of most individuals.

Which two abilities most important to driving are affected by small amounts of alcohol?

Judgment and vision. Even a drink or two clouds what you see and how you decide, the two things driving leans on most. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.80: “The two abilities most important to the driving task are judgment and vision, both of which are affected by small amounts of alcohol.”