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1937 WPA drunk driving poster. New Jersey enacted the first law that specifically criminalized driving an automobile while intoxicated, in 1906. The New Jersey statute provided that "[n]o intoxicated person shall drive a motor vehicle." Violation of this provision was punishable by a fine of up to $500, or a term of up to 60 days in county jail ...
Drivers high on drugs or drunk slammed into bridges and homes and careened across lawns in alarming numbers over the Labor Day weekend. Law enforcement officials in Benton and Franklin counties ...
Police officers in Connecticut, United States, conduct a field sobriety test on a suspected drunk driver. Drunk driving (or drink-driving in British English [1]) is the act of driving under the influence of alcohol. A small increase in the blood alcohol content increases the relative risk of a motor vehicle crash. [2]
2014 Traffic Deaths due to crashes involving drivers at or above 0.08 BAC [1]. Alcohol-related traffic crashes are defined by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as alcohol-related if either a driver or a non-motorist had a measurable or estimated BAC of 0.01 g/dl or above.
Distracted driving accounted for a total of 144 deaths in 2023, up from 114 deaths in 2022. Drug- and/or alcohol-related fatalities dropped to 160 in 2023, down from 200 in 2022.
An Estonian billboard warning against drunk driving. Most countries have Driving under the influence laws, specifically for the offense of drunk driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI), is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs (including those prescribed by physicians ...
The outcome will most likely lead to an increase in drunken-driving convictions across the country, according to Derek Andrews, a defense attorney at the DUI Foundation, the organization linked to ...
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 (23 U.S.C. § 158) was passed by the United States Congress and was later signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The act punished any state that allowed persons under 21 years to purchase alcoholic beverages by reducing its annual federal highway apportionment ...