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  rnf@sp*.tb*.co* wrote (Subject: Re: Nitrogen Narcosis):-

> The highway patrol here [in USA?] has a program where they give volunteers
> (who agree not to drive) measured amounts of alcohol and then do motor
> skills exercises to show how little alcohol it takes to become impaired. Of
> course, these things are done in a no risk environment.

  In Manchester (England) the police once did that, and they even let the
subject drive. That was not on the public road but on a bus drivers' training
enclosure. The subject was a BBC TV reporter, and the results were videoed and
shown on `Look North' a local TV news program). The car was dual-control with
a police driving instructor sitting in the other front seat to override the
controls if necessary.

> Also, I guess one of the problems with narcosis is that it may prevent you
> from recognizing that you are impaired.

  Yes, it was indeed so then.

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