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http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/drive/a/aa082797.htm
Drunk Driving - Penalties for Driving Drunk

In most states, the certified counselor now has the power to adjudicate the offender into Alcoholic Anonymous or a medical treatment or counseling program.The offender does not have to follow the guidelines outlined by the counselor, but it's the only way he will ever regain his driving privileges.

In some areas, part of the DUI school curriculum puts offenders face to face with victims, who tell their painful stories of how a drunk driver changed their lives forever.The idea is that personalizing the pain that drinking and driving can cause might make the offender stop and think before getting behind the wheel.

An evaluation of the effectiveness of alcohol treatment, driver license actions and jail terms in reducing drunk driving recidivism in California.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/toyota-getting-into-the-anti-drunk-driving-game
Toyota getting into the anti-drunk driving game - Engadget

Just days after most everyone in the world celebrated (read: ingested alcohol) the new year, Toyota is hitting us up with news declaring that drunk driving won't be tolerated in its future fleet of vehicles. Although Nissan has already considered an add-on option that would prevent inebriated individuals from motoring around on a whim, it looks like Toyota is following suit with its own anti-drunk driving approach. Reportedly, the automaker is developing a "fail-safe system for cars that detects drunken drivers and automatically shuts the vehicle down if sensors pick up signs of excessive alcohol consumption."

surely this will be japan only...privacy concerns in the US will keep it out, just like self-driving features (other than parking) are blocked by fears of lawsuits

What I wonder is if this thing is going to go hawire in the snow? Occasionally my car does things beyond my control on snow/ice (like a very frightening 180 on the highway). Is it going to shut off and not let me at least attempt to get out of harms way on the possibility I'm driving drunk?


http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/drinkinganddriving.html
Drinking & Driving

Every single injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. Although the proportion of crashes that are alcohol-related has dropped dramatically in recent decades, there are still far too many such preventable accidents. Unfortunately, in spite of great progress, alcohol-impaired driving remains a serious national problem that tragically effects many victims annually.

DWI courts, sometimes called DUI courts, sobriety courts, wellness courts or accountability courts have proven effective in reducing the crime of drunken driving (driving while intoxicated or while impaired).Such courts address the problem of hard-core repeat offenders by treating alcohol addiction or alcoholism.

Requiring every state to provide adequate information on alcohol and driving to prospective drivers and adequately testing them on the subject in their driver's exams. In too many states, the subject is given only brief mention and do not include any information or testing in the process of obtaining a driver's license. Some actually provide factually incorrect information.


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Drunk Driving: Jacqueline Saburido Video

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I posted a video last week about drinking and driving and I've got tons of thank you messages. I made that after I've lost four friends in one horrible accident a few weeks ago.

http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html
Drunk driving statistics

Below are some statistics on drinking and driving in the US. After reading this list, please read about Alcohol Alert to find out what you can do to help stem the tide of drunk driving deaths in your neighborhood...and make money at the same time.

All 50 states in the US and Puerto Rico now apply two statutory offenses to driving under the influence of alcohol. The first (and original) offense is known either as driving under the influence (DUI), driving while intoxicated/impaired (DWI), or operating [a motor vehicle] while intoxicated/impaired (OWI).This is based upon a police officer's observations (driving behavior, slurred speech, the results of a roadside sobriety test, etc.)

The second offense is called "illegal per se", which is driving with a BAC of 0.08% or higher. Since 2002 it has been illegal in all 50 states to drive with a BAC that is 0.08% or higher.

In 2006, 1,794 children age 14 and younger were killed in motor vehicle crashes. Of those 1,794 fatalities, 306 (17%) occurred in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Children riding in vehicles with drivers who had a BAC level of .08 or higher accounted for half (153) of these deaths.

The 13,470 alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities in 2006 were almost the same as compared to 13,451 alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities reported in 1996.

The 13,470 fatalities in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes during 2006 represent an average of one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality every 39 minutes.

Drivers with a BAC level of .08 or higher involved in fatal crashes were eight times more likely to have a prior conviction for driving while impaired (DWI) than were drivers with no alcohol (8% and 1%, respectively).

Drinking and driving fatalities by state in 2005 (ranked by highest number of alcohol related deaths):

http://iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/drunk
III - Drunk Driving

Alcohol-related crashes are defined as those where someone involved, either a driver or a pedestrian or another nonoccupant, had a traceable amount of alcohol in his or her blood. According to NHTSA, 17,602 people died in alcohol-related crashes in 2006, the highest level since 1996 and up 0.1 percent from 17,590 in 2005.Alcohol was involved in 41 percent of all crash fatalities in 2006.The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that 1.5 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics in 2006.The arrest rate works out to one arrest for every 137 licensed drivers in the United States, based on 2005 licensed drivers. The definition of drunk driving is consistent throughout the United States. Every state and the District of Columbia defines impairment as driving with a BAC (blood alcohol content) at or above 0.08.In addition, they all have zero tolerance laws prohibiting drivers under the age of 21 from drinking and driving. Generally the BAC in these cases is 0.02.Antidrunk driving campaigns especially target drivers under the age of 21, repeat offenders and 21-to 34-year-olds, the age group that is responsible for more alcohol-related fatal crashes than any other. Young drivers are those least responsive to arguments against drunk driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. To make sellers and servers of liquor more careful about to whom and how they serve drinks, 43 states and the District of Columbia hold liquor servers legally liable for the damage and injuries a drunk driver causes.

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act—the 2005 federal highway funding bill signed by the president in August 2005—includes funding incentives for states that pass laws that target three types of drunk drivers: repeat offenders, drivers with BACs over 0.15 (“higher-risk drunk drivers”) and drunk drivers whose licenses were previously revoked for drunk driving. It also withholds a certain percentage of funding from states that do not have an open container law (one that prohibits at least the driver of a car from having an open container of alcohol in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle).Among the more serious penalties included for convicted higher-risk drunk drivers are license revocation, vehicle impoundment and use of ignition interlocks (devices that prevent a vehicle from starting if the breath of the driver contains any alcohol).

http://www.pamf.org/teen/risk/alcohol/drunk_driving.html
Driving Drunk Can Kill You!

Minors found driving with alcohol in their systems who don't yet have a driver's license, or who aren't eligible for a license at the time of the violation, will be disqualified from applying for a license for one year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunkenness
Drunkenness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laws on drunkenness vary between countries. In the United States, for example, it is commonly a minor offense (misdemeanor) for an individual to be so intoxicated in a public place that he or she is unable to care for his or her own safety or the safety of others. This degree of intoxication is considerably higher than the standard for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs ("drunk driving"), which commonly requires intoxication to the degree that mental and physical faculties are impaired. In the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland and Canada, this is legally defined as a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08% or greater for operating a motor vehicle. In countries such as Australia and Portugal, the BAC limit is lower at 0.05%.S. Federal Aviation Administration prohibits pilots from operating aircraft with any BAC greater than 0.04%, or operating an aircraft within 8 hours of consuming an alcoholic beverage.