Drivers Test - Alcohol and Drugs

Question 1

To reduce the effect of alcohol before driving or riding you should -
- Wait. The time depends on how much you have drunk.
- Drink black coffee.
- Have a glass of water.

Answer 1

Wait. The time depends on how much you have drunk.

Question 2

Before driving a motor vehicle or riding a motor cycle it is safest -
- Not to drink any alcohol.
- Drink 1 nip of spirits (30 ml or 1 oz).
- Drink 1 middy (285 ml) of light (low alcohol) beer.

Answer 2

• Not to drink any alcohol.

Question 3

Is it an offence to refuse to take a POLICE breath test?
- Yes, always.
- No, if you say you haven’t been drinking alcohol.
- No, if you are a learner driver.

Answer 3

• Yes, always.

Question 4

If you take medicine and then drink alcohol -
- It can have a particularly bad effect on your driving ability.
- The alcohol will have less effect than if taken alone.
- Your ability to react to emergencies will improve

Answer 4

• It can have a particularly bad effect on your driving ability.

Question 5

If you are driving a bus, taxi, hire-car, heavy motor vehicle (over 13.9 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass),
or a vehicle with a dangerous load, it is an offence when the level of alcohol in your blood reaches -
- 0.02.
- 0.05.
- 0.08.

Answer 5

• 0.02.

Question 6

Having 1 or 2 alcoholic drinks before driving -
- Will affect your reactions and judgement.
- Improves your driving ability.
- Has no effect on your driving ability.

Answer 6

• Will affect your reactions and judgement.

Question 7

Even if you feel unaffected after drinking alcohol, you should -
- Be aware that your abilities are decreased.
- Drive, but avoid using freeways.
- Spend more time than usual looking in the mirrors.

Answer 7

• Be aware that your abilities are decreased.

Question 8

Alcohol is a depressant. This means -
- It slows down how quickly your brain works.
- It speeds your brain up so you can work better.
- It makes you calm down and think more clearly.

Answer 8

• It slows down how quickly your brain works.

Question 9

After drinking alcohol you could -
- Misjudge speed (your own and others).
- Be able to drive the same as you normally can.
- Be able to pay close attention to details in the traffic

Answer 9

• Misjudge speed (your own and others).

Question 10

If you are going out and going to drink alcohol, the best way to avoid having to drink
and drive is to -
- Organise before hand a way of getting home where you are not the
driver.
- After you have had a few drinks, start to think about how you will get home.
- Wait for one hour after your last drink before you drive home.

Answer 10

• Organise before hand a way of getting home where you are not the
  driver.

Question 11

When drivers have been drinking, the crashes they are involved in are generally -
- More serious.
- Less serious.
- About the same.

Answer 11

• More serious.

Question 12

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, how many serious crashes involve alcohol?
- About 50%.
- About 30%.
- About 10%.

Answer 12

• About 50%

Question 13

What is the safest way to stay under the legal alcohol limit?
- Not drinking any alcohol.
- Buying a breathalyser (alcohol measuring instrument).
- Exercising and drinking black coffee.

Answer 13

• Not drinking any alcohol.

Question 14

If you hold a learner or provisional licence class what is the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
limit?
- Zero.
- 0.02.
- 0.05.

Answer 14

• Zero

Question 15

If you are taking any sort of medicine, you should -
- Find out from your doctor or chemist whether the medicine or drug will
affect your driving and act accordingly.
- Only drive during the day after taking the medicine or drug.
- Only drive a motor car not a heavy vehicle.

Answer 15

• Find out from your doctor or chemist whether the medicine or drug will
  affect your driving and act accordingly.

Question 16

Before taking any drugs and then driving it is most important to -
- Know what the effects of the drug are.
- Plan to have some other person with you.
- Have some food in your stomach.

Answer 16

• Know what the effects of the drug are.

Question 17

If you have used illegal drugs you -
- Must not drive.
- May drive only in light traffic.
- Should drink coffee before driving.

Answer 17

• Must not drive

Question 18

If you are affected by a legal drug, such as a medicine (e.g. cold or allergy tablets) -
- You must not drive.
- You must have a passenger to help you drive.
- You may drive only in daylight hours.

Answer 18

• You must not drive.

Question 19

You want to drive your car but you have a very bad headache. A friend gives you some of their
headache tablets to kill the pain. What should you do before you take these tablets?
- Read the label and confirm they are not prescription drugs and there
are no special warnings on the label.
- Ask your friend if the tablets have affected them.
- Drink a large glass of milk because this reduces the adverse effects of medicines
and drugs.

Answer 19

• Read the label and confirm they are not prescription drugs and there
  are no special warnings on the label.