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of ninety (90) days. You will have absolutely no driving privileges during the
first thirty (30) days of that ninety (90) day suspension. Your driving privileges
will be suspended for one year with absolutely no driving privileges of any kind
for a second failure of the test within five (5) years.
Minimize the Risks
Your ability to judge how well you are riding is affected first. Although you
may be performing more and more poorly, you think you are doing better and
better. The result is that you ride confidently, taking greater and greater risks.
Minimize the risks of drinking and riding by taking steps before you drink.
Control your drinking or control your riding.
Make an Intelligent Choice
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Don’t drink
— Once you start, your resistance becomes weaker.
Setting a limit or pacing yourself are poor alternatives at best. Your ability
to exercise good judgment is one of the first things affected by alcohol.
Even if you have tried to drink in moderation, you may not realize to what
extent your skills have suffered from alcohol’s fatiguing effects.
OR
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Don’t ride
— If you haven’t controlled your drinking, you must control
your riding.
Leave the motorcycle
so you won’t be tempted to ride.
Arrange another way to get home.
Wait
. If you exceed your limit, wait until your system
eliminates the alcohol and its fatiguing effects.
Step In to Protect Friends
People who have had too much to drink are unable to make a responsible
decision. It is up to others to step in and keep them from taking too great a risk.
No one wants to do this — it’s uncomfortable, embarrassing, and thankless. You
are rarely thanked for your efforts at the time. But the alternatives are often
worse. There are several ways to keep friends from hurting themselves:
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Arrange a safe ride
— Provide alternative ways for them to get home.
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Slow the pace of drinking
— Involve them in other activities.
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Keep them there
— Use any excuse to keep them from getting on their
motorcycle. Serve them food and coffee to pass the time. Explain your
concerns for their risks of getting arrested or hurt or hurting someone else.
Take their key if you can.
•
Get friends involved
— Use peer pressure from a group of friends to
intervene.
