Thursday, April 5, 2012

DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE

why do we take alcohol?
from research conducted in Netherlands among 15-25 year old.
61% peer pressure
71% sociability
12% drink to feel at ease
6% to get intoxicated
2% to get drunk
51% like the taste

Effects of drinking alcohol

  • heart diseases
  • peptic ulcers
  • liver diseases
  • multi-nutrition
  • cancer
  • causes physical and behavioural abnormalities to the foetus
  • kidney diseases.
Effects of drinking and driving

  • poor coordination
  • disorientation
  • blackouts
  • causes road accidents
  • many lead to death
  • double vision
  • slurred speech
  • low self-esteem.
Statistics of drunk driving accidents around the world.

  • yearly in the U.S about 600,000 and 10 percent of all vehicles crashes are due to consumption of alcohol.
  • in Pennsylvania 4.9% of death were alcohol related in 2010
  •  in India over 130,000 deaths yearly are drunk driving related
STAY SAFE, DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE...

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