What is the connection between taking medicines and driving?
- The drugs that you take, whether prescribed or illegal, will affect your body in a lot of ways.
- The drugs will alter your brain function, thereby affecting the control of posture and body movements. The levels of impairment vary from person to person.
- These impairments slow down your reaction time and ability to comprehend what you are seeing.
- Thus, you are at risk of making wrong judgments and decisions, increasing the possibility of fatal accidents on the roads.
What are the drugs that may affect driving?
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Last reviewed | : | 02 March 2011 |
Writer | : | Ainul Salhani bt. Abd Rahman |
Reviewer | : | Siti Nurul Fathihah bt. Baharudin |
Hazlin bt. Othman |