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Choose a sober, unhurried drive

Speed and alcohol add risk. Plan the drive before drinking, rather than deciding afterward whether you feel fine.

No costMedium effortSource grade B
AN ACTION TO CONSIDER

Keep your speed down and leave driving to someone who has not been drinking.

WHO links each 1% increase in average speed to a 4% increase in fatal-crash risk.

Why consider it?

The speed figures describe a modeled relative change in fatal-crash risk, not absolute percentage points or a randomized experiment. The source also describes alcohol-related risk starting at low blood-alcohol levels. No precise alcohol dose-response estimate is claimed here.

Read the sources

Source grade B is reproduced from the original work. It does not establish suitability for everyone.

Original item: chapter 1, item 9 ↗

Adaptation: Rewritten in English from the locked Chinese original; retained evidence grade and study limits. Effect sizes quoted from the cited source: estimates are kept in their original comparison and population; observational associations are not described as proven personal gains.

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