{"id":2822,"date":"2026-07-15T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/odigos-ypeythynis-metakinisis\/alkool\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:46:48","password":"","slug":"alcohol","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility\/alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alcohol affects<\/strong> the human body <strong>from the very first sip<\/strong>, even when its effects are not immediately noticeable. Alcohol impairs several critical brain functions. Even a slight impairment of any one of these functions can be enough to contribute to a road traffic crash \u2014 and the risk increases significantly when multiple functions are affected simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>REDUCES<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>INCREASES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u2022 Attention and judgement<br>\u2022 Peripheral vision<br>\u2022 Hazard perception<br>\u2022 Night vision<br>\u2022 Reflexes and reaction time<br>\u2022 Ability to estimate speed and distance<br>\u2022 Decision-making ability<br>\u2022 Coordination and precision<br>\u2022 Stability and balance<br>\u2022 Inhibitions and perception of risk<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2022 Reaction time<br>\u2022 Overconfidence<br>\u2022 Impulsiveness<br>\u2022 Aggressiveness<br>\u2022 Probability of making wrong decisions<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Each person<\/strong> is <strong>affected<\/strong> by alcohol to a different degree, <strong>but even the same person<\/strong> may be <strong>affected differently<\/strong> depending on their <strong>physical<\/strong> and <strong>mental condition<\/strong> at any given time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Only 1%<\/strong> of kilometres travelled in Europe are driven by drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) <strong>\u22650.5 g\/L<\/strong>, but this small percentage is associated with approximately <strong>25%<\/strong> of <strong>fatal road traffic crashes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All<\/strong> standard alcoholic <strong>drinks<\/strong> contain approximately the <strong>same amount<\/strong> of pure <strong>alcohol<\/strong> (around 16 ml), depending on the serving size.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol affects the human body from the very first sip, even when its effects are not immediately noticeable. Alcohol impairs several critical brain functions. Even a slight impairment of any one of these functions can be enough to contribute to a road traffic crash \u2014 and the risk increases significantly when multiple functions are affected &#8230; <a title=\"Alcohol\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility\/alcohol\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Alcohol\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[27],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2822","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-alcohol"],"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":178,"total_views":"7","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"kniopw","author_nicename":"kniopw","author_url":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/author\/kniopw\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Alcohol","term_url":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility-cat\/alcohol\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2824,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2822\/revisions\/2824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2822"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}