Alcohol is a huge factor in vehicular accidents, and accidents involving alcohol tend to lead to injuries and fatalities than accidents where alcohol isn’t a factor. Before discussing drinking and driving, lets take 3 minutes to watch and, more importantly, listen to a drunk driving story illustrating what can happen when someone chooses to drink and drive and the tragic consequences that can result.
Jason Barber speaks with great courage about the consequences of drunk driving. He reminds us all that behind the dry statistics there are real people and real lives, real lives forever impacted by drunk driving....
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The number one factor that affects the consequences of drunk driving is the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level at the time of driving.
The legal limit for drunk driving in most countries is a BAC level of 0.08
There is a direct correlation between BAC level and chances of being involved in a car accident.
Most countries use special courts destined to handle DUI cases only. These courts are called DWI courts, DUI courts, sobriety court - and have
proven effective in reducing drunk driving.
The legal measures used for alcohol driving felonies are:
Insurance:
Insurance fees will go up dramatically. Some insurance companies will cancel the current automobile coverage policy right after the conviction.
The insurance company may offer SR-22 insurance which is way more expensive than the usual one. Only after 3 years without any additional conviction may you take up 'normal' insurance again.
Other:
Over the past 2 decades most countries have fully grasped the consequences of drunk driving and decided to take action by establishing DWI courts, using automatic license revocation, decreasing the legal BAC level, teaching about the danger of alcohol driving at schools, etc.
As a result of the above measures, alcohol-related traffic fatalities have dropped from 60% of all traffic deaths in 1982 down to 39% in 2005.
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Lead Writer/Reviewer : Kayla Loibl
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Sources:
NCBI. Prevention of Drinking and Driving. 1996. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876524/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Impaired Driving: Get the Facts. August 24, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Epidemiology and Consequences of Drinking and Driving. December 2003. https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh27-1/63-78.htm
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Drunk Driving. https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving
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