You have been drinking and someone suggests coffee, a cold shower, or a full meal will sober you up before you drive. What does the manual say about this?
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A.
Strong coffee works if it is black
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B.
Only time can minimize the effects of alcohol Correct
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C.
A cold shower plus fresh air works
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D.
Eating a heavy meal after drinks works
The answer is "Only time can minimize the effects of alcohol"
Only time clears alcohol from the body; coffee, showers, and food do not. Food shows up in the manual as a variable that changes how fast time works, not as a sobering agent, and that is where the food answer comes from.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Strong coffee works if it is black
The manual names black coffee as one of the myths that will not sober a driver. This answer repeats the barroom advice about strong coffee that the myths section is written to knock down.
C. A cold shower plus fresh air works
The manual names cold showers as ineffective for sobering. This answer trusts the folk cure the manual lists by name in the myths paragraph.
D. Eating a heavy meal after drinks works
Food is listed as a variable affecting absorption time, not as a way to clear alcohol already consumed. This answer reads 'food intake' from the clearance sentence as if food itself did the sobering.
This question tests your knowledge of DUI & Impaired Driving in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Myths about Drinking Alcohol," p.56..
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