The Hon. Susan Molinari
Chair, The Century Council
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| The Century Council's BAE Truck at work. |
WASHINGTON - The annual survey conducted
by The Century Council has
revealed for three consecutive years that
the majority of the adult population does
not know how to determine personal BAC
levels in order to make responsible decisions
before getting behind the wheel.
Even more alarming, more than 70 percent
of the general public do not know what the
legal limit is in their state.
The Blood Alcohol Educator CD-ROM
program is the centerpiece of The Council's
efforts to educate the public on how to
make responsible decisions regarding
alcohol consumption.
The Blood Alcohol Educator (BAE) is a
free credit-card sized CD-ROM available in
Spanish and English. The program is
designed specifically for adults to learn
about their individual state law and their
personal BAC level by entering the program's
virtual bar. Once there, the user can
choose from more than a dozen different
drinks, choose the speed they would like to
consume the drink and based on their gender
and their weight, the BAE program calculates
their individual BAC level.
In addition, the program tracks how
long it will take for the user's BAC level to
return to zero. A friends option allows users BAC Education to see what the BAC level would be of men
and women of different weights if they
were consuming the same amount of alcohol
at the same rate.
To promote the use of the BAE CD-ROM,
The Century Council has designed a
traveling truck that builds out into three
cyber café stations so visitors can try the
program.
The BAE Truck has traveled to 30
states, logged more than 150,000 miles
and approximately 100,000 BAE CD-ROMs
have been distributed. Demand from law
enforcement officials, legislators and educators
for a BAE Truck visit prompted the
council to create a second traveling vehicle,
the BAE Van, which is designed to travel to
smaller venues.
In addition to the two traveling vehicles,
The Council launched www.b4udrink.org in
December 2000. The Web site is interactive
and allows visitors to download the BAE
program in Spanish or English. For more
information on The Century Council log onto
www.centurycouncil.org or www.b4udrink.org.
The Century Council is a national not-for-profit
organization funded by America's
leading distillers, committed to fighting
drunk driving and underage drinking
through education, law enforcement and
public awareness programs.
