How does drinking alcohol affect your driving behaviour?
- A It improves judgement skills
- B It increases confidence
- C It leads to faster reactions
- D It increases concentration
Why this is the answer
Alcohol can increase confidence to a point where your driving behaviour might become ‘out of character’. Sensible behaviour might change to risk-taking behaviour. Never let yourself or your friends get into this situation.
Why the other answers don't fit
- A
- It improves judgement skills — Judgement is one of the first things it damages.
- C
- It leads to faster reactions — Reactions slow down.
- D
- It increases concentration — Concentration falls away.
Where this comes from
- Driving: the essential skills — section 1
- The Highway Code — rule 95
Rule numbers link to The Highway Code on gov.uk.
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