diff --git a/src/gtasa/effects/custom/ped/CoughEffect.cpp b/src/gtasa/effects/custom/ped/CoughEffect.cpp
index 813a274d..16e2da91 100644
--- a/src/gtasa/effects/custom/ped/CoughEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/gtasa/effects/custom/ped/CoughEffect.cpp
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ class CoughEffect : public EffectBase
 {
 private:
     int       timer              = 0;
-    const int MIN_COUGH_TIME_SEC = 3;
+    const int MIN_COUGH_TIME_SEC = 2;
     const int MAX_COUGH_TIME_SEC = 4;
-    const int MAX_WAIT_TIME_SEC  = 7;
-    const int MIN_WAIT_TIME_SEC  = 5;
+    const int MAX_WAIT_TIME_SEC  = 8;
+    const int MIN_WAIT_TIME_SEC  = 6;
     bool      isPlayerOnly       = false;
 
 public:
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ class CoughEffect : public EffectBase
         if (!ped) return;
 
         auto *vehicle = ped->m_pVehicle;
-        if (vehicle && vehicle->m_pDriver == ped
-            && vehicle->m_vecMoveSpeed.Magnitude () > 0.15f)
+        bool  cond    = vehicle && vehicle->m_pDriver == ped;
+        cond &= vehicle && vehicle->m_vecMoveSpeed.Magnitude () > 0.15f;
+        cond &= inst->Random (0, 100000) % 2 == 0;
+        if (cond)
         {
             auto speed = vehicle->m_vecMoveSpeed.Magnitude ()
-                         * (inst->Random (0, 1) ? 0.12f : -0.12f);
+                         * (inst->Random (0, 1) ? 0.08f : -0.08f);
             vehicle->m_vecTurnSpeed.z = speed;
         }
         if (!ped->m_nPedFlags.bInVehicle)
@@ -74,13 +76,13 @@ class CoughEffect : public EffectBase
             Command<eScriptCommands::COMMAND_TASK_PLAY_ANIM_NON_INTERRUPTABLE> (
                 ped, "gas_cwr", "ped", 4.0, 1, 1, 1, 0, sec);
         }
-        ped->m_fHealth -= ped->m_fMaxHealth * 0.02f;
+        ped->m_fHealth -= ped->m_fMaxHealth * 0.05f;
         ped->m_fHealth = std::max (0.0f, ped->m_fHealth);
 
         int res        = 0;
         int speechBank = 340;
         Command<eScriptCommands::COMMAND_SET_CHAR_SAY_CONTEXT_IMPORTANT> (
-            ped, speechBank, 1, 1, 1 & res);
+            ped, speechBank, 1, 1, 1, &res);
     }
 };