If you drink alcohol socially, what helps ensure safe driving?

One strategy to avoid driving while impaired or intoxicated is to arrange for a ride home with a friend who does not drink. Drinking coffee or taking a cold shower cannot reduce your blood alcohol content or reduce the effects of alcohol. On average, it takes about an hour for the body to eliminate the alcohol from a single drink.

• Drink coffee before driving.
• Ride home with a friend who has not been drinking.
• Take a cold shower before driving.
• Stop drinking one half hour before driving.