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Questions with Verified SolutionsNone for the Road Practice Test
A driver whose BAC is lower than 0.08 cannot face DWI charges ✔✔False: Fail Sobriety Test A life lost to DWI is estimated to cost society $840,00 ✔✔False: $810, In 1994, the BAC limit was lowered to 0.08 in New Mexico ✔✔True Statistically, the first use of alcohol begins around the age of 11 in New Mexico ✔✔True A first-time DWI offense will result in license revocation, jail, fines, ignition interlock installed,and DWI school ✔✔True
Drive-up liquor windows are still operational and open in the state of New Mexico ✔✔False It is not against the law to have any alcoholic beverage container open within a vehicle while onany public street or road ✔✔False
Alcohol is responsible for the deaths of approximately 100,000 individuals per year in the U.S. ✔✔True
BAC refers to the percentage of alcohol in a person's blood ✔✔True A conviction of a DWI will stay on the record for 25 years ✔✔True Over time, all body organs can be impacted by alcohol to some degree ✔✔True The brain receives a greater percentage of alcohol than other body organs ✔✔True Advanced publicity of DWI checkpoints must be made through local media outlets ✔✔True If you host a party and serve alcoholic beverages and one of your guests is involved in a DWIcrash where someone is injured, you can be held liable ✔✔True
The liver can oxidize, or process, up to three drinks per hour ✔✔False: 1 drink per hour
A person's ability to drive could become impaired at 0.01 BAC ✔✔True Drinking with food in your stomach reduces the rate of absorption of alcohol ✔✔True The amount of body fluid women have in comparison to men has nothing to do with the effects othe amount of alcohol one drinks ✔✔False
The BAC increases with the amount of alcohol consumed but the level of impairment is notaffected ✔✔False: level of impairment is affected
Combining the drinking of alcohol with medication is considered sage behavior ✔✔False When it takes more alcohol to reach the same effect one had with less alcohol it is said that onehas developed tolerance ✔✔True
More than 40 percent of highway crashes in New Mexico are alcohol related ✔✔True Wearing safety belts make you safe, but do not protect you from drunk drivers ✔✔False
