DKT Test (Drug and Alcohol) #1

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Before driving or riding, you should do the following to reduce the effects of alcohol:

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Explanation:
Over time, your body will process the alcohol out of your system. The ability of your body to remove the alcohol is unaffected by the addition of other liquid.

If you're on any kind of medication, make sure to:

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Explanation:
Any potential adverse effects of your drug will be discussed with you by your doctor or pharmacist.

Even if you don't feel impacted by alcohol, you should:

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Explanation:
Alcohol inhibits your ability in any amount.

What's the safest approach to keep under the legal limit of alcohol consumption?

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Explanation:
The safest approach to staying under the limit is to avoid consuming alcohol. While a breathalyzer can detect alcohol in your system, any level of alcohol can impair your ability to drive a vehicle.

If you've ever taken illegal drugs, you've done one of the following:

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Explanation:
Illegal drug use can cause dangerous negative effects and affect your ability to drive safely.

If you take medicine and then consume alcoholic drinks:

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Explanation:
When taking medicine, you should avoid any alcohol and check with your doctor to see if you can drive while taking a certain drug.

When drivers have been drinking, they are more likely to be involved in the following types of collisions:

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Explanation:
Because alcohol hinders your ability to react, crashes are more likely to be serious.

You want to drive your car, but you're suffering from a severe headache. To relieve the agony, a friend lends you some of their headache pills. What should you do first before taking these pills?

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Explanation:
Prescription medicines must be taken with the advice of a doctor or pharmacist, and they may have undesired side effects that impair your ability to drive.

It is best to do the following before driving a car or riding a motorcycle:

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Explanation:
Even if you don't feel it, any amount of alcohol diminishes your capacity.

Which of the following driving abilities is/are impacted by drinking or using drugs?

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Explanation:
A driver's reaction time, coordination, awareness, and capacity to concentrate are just a few of the skills that alcohol and other substances can impair.

When you drink multiple beers, the effects of alcohol are only mitigated by:

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Explanation:
Giving the body time to eliminate alcohol from the body is the only way to reverse its impairment-causing effects. Coffee consumption, exercise, or taking a cold shower won't hasten this procedure. The affects of one drink wear off after roughly an hour.

Only ___ can lessen the effects of alcohol on the body and the blood alcohol level (BAC).

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Explanation:
Alcohol and its incapacitating effects cannot be removed from the body except with the passage of time.

Coffee after alcohol consumption:

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Explanation:
Coffee consumption won't lower your blood alcohol level (BAC). Although it might keep you awake, it won't affect your BAC or make you sober.

In a serious crash, seat belts reduce the chance of injury or death by 30%.

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Explanation:
Your chance of being hurt or killed in a crash is cut in half when you use a seat belt. In fact, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, fastening your seatbelt is the best strategy to protect yourself from bodily harm in a collision.

While driving, you can use headphones or a headset.

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Explanation:
It may seem safe to converse on the phone while using a headset or Bluetooth device, but doing so is against the law. This is due to the fact that the majority of emergency vehicles are fitted with sirens that are challenging to hear when donning headphones or other comparable gear.

Which of the following is a result of sleepy driving?

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Explanation:
As hazardous as drunk driving is sleepy driving. It can make you think more slowly, impair your judgment, and cause microsleeping, which is when you just "nod off" rather than truly nod off. However, being drowsy while driving can make you fall asleep at the wheel and impair your senses.

Which of these doesn't belong to the category of distracted driving?

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Explanation:
While sounds can be distracting, the three main categories are visual, manual, and cognitive. Visual distractions include anything that causes you to take your eyes off the road, manual distractions include anything that causes you to take your hands off the wheel, and cognitive distractions include anything that causes you to take your thoughts off of driving.

Always check over your left shoulder when backing up your car.

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Explanation:
You are unable to pass if the line is solid. In order to pass, you must stay on the right side of a broken yellow line. Additionally, you must wait till it is safe to pass.

You can reduce your chance of an accident caused by drinking by:

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Explanation:
The best way to prevent the dangers of drinking and driving is to decide not to drive before you start drinking. After you start drinking, it will be more difficult for you to make safe decisions since alcohol impairs your judgment.

Driving after consuming alcohol is:

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Explanation:
Driving while intoxicated or impaired poses a serious threat to traffic safety. Driving safely is impossible when using alcohol or other substances. Driving while intoxicated puts you and other drivers on the road in danger.