NSW DKT alcohol and drugs questions

Question 1

To reduce the effect of alcohol before driving or riding you should -

• Wait. The time depends on how much you have drunk.Correct answer
• Drink black coffee.
• Have a glass of water.

Question 2

Before driving a motor vehicle or riding a motor cycle it is safest -

• Not to drink any alcohol.Correct answer
• Drink 1 nip of spirits (30 ml or 1 oz).
• Drink 1 middy (285 ml) of light (low alcohol) beer.

Question 3

Is it an offence to refuse to take a POLICE breath test?

• Yes, always.Correct answer
• No, if you say you haven't been drinking alcohol.
• No, if you are a learner driver.

Question 4

If you take medicine and then drink alcohol -

• It can have a particularly bad effect on your driving ability.Correct answer
• The alcohol will have less effect than if taken alone.
• Your ability to react to emergencies will improve.

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.Correct answer
• 0.05.
• 0.08.

Question 6

Having 1 or 2 alcoholic drinks before driving -

• Will affect your reactions and judgement.Correct answer
• Improves your driving ability.
• Has no effect on your driving ability.

Question 7

Even if you feel unaffected after drinking alcohol, you should -

• Be aware that your abilities are decreased.Correct answer
• Drive, but avoid using freeways.
• Spend more time than usual looking in the mirrors.

Question 8

Alcohol is a depressant. This means -

• It slows down how quickly your brain works.Correct answer
• It speeds your brain up so you can work better.
• It makes you calm down and think more clearly.

Question 9

After drinking alcohol you could -

• Misjudge speed (your own and others).Correct answer
• Be able to drive the same as you normally can.
• Be able to pay close attention to details in the traffic.

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.Correct answer
• 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.

Question 11

When drivers have been drinking, the crashes they are involved in are generally -

• More serious.Correct answer
• Less serious.
• About the same.

Question 12

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, how many serious crashes involve alcohol?

• About 50%.Correct answer
• About 30%.
• About 10%.

Question 13

What is the safest way to stay under the legal alcohol limit?

• Not drinking any alcohol.Correct answer
• Buying a breathalyser (alcohol measuring instrument).
• Exercising and drinking black coffee.

Question 14

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

• Zero.Correct answer
• 0.02.
• 0.05.

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.Correct answer
• Only drive during the day after taking the medicine or drug.
• Only drive a motor car not a heavy vehicle.

Question 16

Before taking any drugs and then driving it is most important to -

• Know what the effects of the drug are.Correct answer
• Plan to have some other person with you.
• Have some food in your stomach.

Question 17

If you have used illegal drugs you -

• Must not drive.Correct answer
• May drive only in light traffic.
• Should drink coffee before driving.

Question 18

If you are affected by a legal drug, such as a medicine (e.g. cold or allergy tablets) -

• You must not drive.Correct answer
• You must have a passenger to help you drive.
• You may drive only in daylight hours.

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.Correct answer
• 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.

Question 20

If you are taking several medications and you want to drive, you should -

• Ask your doctor if the combination of drugs will make it dangerous to drive.Correct answer
• Drive carefully around your local streets to see if you are affected.
• Ask your passengers to let you know if you are not driving as well as you should.