Drugs
Prescription medications and a range of other commonly used drugs are likely to impair driving performance by slowing reflexes, disturbing vision, affecting judgement of speed and fuelling aggression.
What can you do to reduce the risk?
- Ask your doctor and chemist if it is safe to drive when taking your prescribed medication
- Read all prescriptions carefully before you take them - being mindful of any side effects
- Be fully aware that non prescription drug have the ability to impair driving competence
- If you are using non prescription drugs, refrain from driving and make alternative travel arrangements
- Never combine drugs and driving
- Taking a combination of drugs and / or alcohol leads to much higher levels of impairment
