Improve your Personal Safety with a Portable Breathalyzer  

Did you know that every day almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver? In fact, more than 10,000 people die in alcohol-impaired motor accidents every year. Over 1.5 million people are arrested in the U.S. every year for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Unfortunately, almost 20% of children aged 0-14 who lose their lives as a result of motor vehicle accidents are passengers of a vehicle driven by an alcohol-impaired driver.

With all of those facts in mind, it’s safe to say that driving a vehicle when over the legal blood alcohol level limit certainly affects your personal safety.

How do I ensure I’m under the limit?

Of course, one solid way to ensure that you are not over the legal alcohol limit to drive is to abstain from alcohol completely if you intend on driving a motor vehicle in the hours that follow. If you intend on having a drink, the only way that you can be sure of your blood alcohol levels is by performing a breath test using a Portable Breathalyzer. If the reading returned by a Breathalyzer is over the legal alcohol limit, you can be sure that should you proceed to drive a vehicle, you are endangering the safety of others as well as your own personal safety.

It is important to note that you cannot determine whether you are under or over the legal alcohol limit simply by the number of drinks you have consumed. Alcohol affects everybody differently. Weight, height, health and several other characteristics come into play. Two people of varying characteristics can drink the same amount of alcohol with each returning different blood alcohol levels. Before you get behind the wheel of a vehicle after drinking alcohol, know your BAC levels and think about your safety and the safety of others.