Fit to drive: alcohol, drugs, medicines and fatigue
Know how alcohol, drugs, medicines and tiredness affect driving and what happens at a check.
1. Why alcohol is dangerous2. Alcohol checks3. Consequences4. Drugs and medicines5. Tiredness and medical fitness6. Limits and court
Section 1Why alcohol is dangerous
What alcohol does
Official source · art. 8.3 · last amended 2022-07-018.3. Elke bestuurder moet in staat zijn te sturen, en de vereiste lichaamsgeschiktheid en de nodige kennis en rijvaardigheid bezitten.Open the full article on JustelAlcohol lowers your concentration and slows your reactions. It makes you overconfident and tired. Because you react more slowly, your reaction distance grows (see Lesson 25).
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- Who can be tested
- Breath test
- Result letters
- Breath analysis
- Blood test
- Refusing the test
- What happens after the test
- Drug test
- Mixing and medicines
- Rest breaks
- Medically unfit
- The legal limits
- In court
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