A quarter of Swiss people get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol
Published: Tuesday, Dec 3rd 2024, 12:10
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A quarter of Swiss people get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol. Alcohol is the cause of almost 12 percent of accidents involving personal injury, according to the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (BFU) on Tuesday.
According to the press release, 506 people were seriously injured and 31 killed in alcohol-related road traffic accidents last year. The situation has not improved in the last ten years.
An AAIB survey carried out in 2023 together with 14 police forces showed that 0.4 percent of drivers have a blood alcohol concentration that exceeds the legal limit of 0.5 per mille after consuming alcohol.
At night, one in seven drivers is under the influence of alcohol. Drivers under the age of 30 are generally more responsible than older drivers.
Just one glass of alcohol can impair driving ability, wrote the BFU. Attention and vision decrease and reaction time increases. These impairments can also occur without the driver being aware of them.
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