{Need a Buzz Cut?}

  Impaired, or buzzed, driving can lead to DUIs, injury and death.Drunk driving can lead to DUIs, injury and death.(There is no real difference between driving "impaired" or "drunk" except semantics.)

Impairment can begin with just one drink and some people refer to this lower level of impairment as only being "buzzed". 

Unfortunately, because physical tolerance and mental tolerance of alcohol are triggered at different levels, many people do not know they are too drunk to drive even when they are.

As a person becomes more physically tolerant to alcohol, over time, they do not necessarily become more mentally tolerant to alcohol. Someone who appears to have the physical coordination to drive still may not have the mental coordination to drive. This is why it is so dangerous for people to guess the level of drunk at which they can no longer drive safely.

"If Sally can drink 4 shots in one hour and be noticeably intoxicated 

and Dave can drink the same amount and appear to be normal, you would think that Dave is not experiencing any 

effect from the alcohol. As previously stated, tolerance can be very misleading. Tolerance means that you can physically better handle the alcohol, not 

mentally.Regardless of the fact that you can walk a perfect line, or stand on one foot, your mental clarity is severely 

diminished when you drink alcohol."-Charles Owens August 13, 2008.

This is why "buzzed" driving, or driving after only a few drinks, is still so dangerous. Many experienced drinkers consider themselves "safe" drivers because they can tolerate alcohol and still walk straight and not slur their speech, but their emotional and thought processes are often still delayed. Even an experienced drinker can fail to make critical decisions correctly after only one or two drinks.

Need a buzz cut? Even if your hair isn't long, it could be time to cut the buzz.