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Lawrence
Community TutorPlease help me understand a quotation.
"The drivers are safer when the roads are dry, the roads are safer when the drivers are dry."
How should I understand "the drivers are dry"?
Nov 2, 2017 4:22 AM
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It means that the drivers are not drunk. Dry = having had no alcohol.
November 2, 2017
1
probably referring to sober, a "dry" county in america is a geographical location where alcohol is not permitted or sold.
November 2, 2017
1
It means they have not drunk alcohol
November 2, 2017
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