Drunk driving is never something to laugh at, but most who have a few drinks and drive don’t believe it will ever happen to them.

“I only had two drinks,” might be one answer from someone ready to drive home from a light night of indulgence, but what a lot of folks fail to understand is that it’s all about the blood alcohol content or BAC.

In other words, most of us wonder how many drinks we are allowed before becoming legally drunk, but that’s the wrong question to ponder. Instead, the facts show that sometimes it takes very little alcohol to become legally drunk. Several factors can weigh in on one’s drunkenness. That is why drunk simulation goggles can teach people of all ages what it’s like to be over the limit and what the impairment is doing to your reaction time behind the wheel.

Drunk simulation goggles, also know as fatal vision goggles or beer goggles, let the individual wearing the glasses experience a realistic vision of impairment including reduced alertness, slowed reaction time, confusion, visual distortion, alteration of depth and distance perception, reduction of peripheral vision, poor judgment and decision making, double vision, and lack of muscular coordination. Yes, all those potential detriments can occur.

Drunk simulation goggles are an excellent teaching aid regarding alcohol misuse and abuse. The glasses have come in handy to educate high school students who are not yet legally able to drink. Many students giggle when first trying on the goggles, but then quickly come to realize with a sober mind that walking a straight line or driving a golf cart around a set of cones at low speeds makes even these simple tasks quite challenging to perform.

The goggles simulate a level of legal drunkenness which is .08 in all states. These special glasses have been developed with a unique lens technology. Some manufacturers of drunk simulation goggles offer several impairment levels to purchase, so one can try on different stages of BAC impairment. There are even drunk simulation goggles for day and night. The clear lens glasses simulate daytime and the shaded lens simulate nighttime.

When planning to enjoy a night of drinking, a lot of people wrongly estimate how many drinks or type of drinks they can safely consume before driving home. For example, one beer at 12 fluid ounces is one drink. Five fluid ounces of wine is one drink, and a 1.5 fluid ounce shot of hard liquor is one drink. Adding medication to even one of these drinks can put you in the drunk category, or not eating food while consuming alcoholic beverages can also raise the blood alcohol level. Even body fat percentage, weight and gender all play a role in how alcohol affects the body.

That is why drunk simulation goggles serve an intelligent purpose in educating everyone about the dangers of drinking and driving.

When it comes right down to it, there is nothing pretty or cool about drunk driving or the fines, penalties, license suspension, and possible jail time that comes with it. It’s an ugly, expensive lesson to learn. Drunk simulation goggles paint the real picture.

If you are pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving, your first should be to contact a DUI lawyer in your area to discuss your case.