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Everyone knows that it’s dangerous to drive drunk, but the public discourse around driving stoned is a bit fuzzier. As cannabis transitions to mainstream acceptance in the U.S., the spotlight ...
Drunk driving deaths increased by 14% for two consecutive years, rising to more than 13,000 for the first time since 2007. If impaired driving prevention technology was already in vehicles, just ...
The number of drunk driving fatalities, which had dropped to 966 in California in 2019, surged statewide during the pandemic. In 2020, the number of fatal DUI crashes in California was 1,180. A ...
Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.
[2] [12] It is alleged that the police then provided preferential treatment to the minor as the charges against the teen were under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, which deals with drunk driving offences. Moreover, the blood alcohol test of the minor was delayed by over eight hours -- enough time for alcohol to be flushed out of the body.
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.
Early on July 1, 2023, Castillos was driving drunk with a friend's 5-year-old son in the car when she lost control of her 2016 Hyundai on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway near McLean Avenue.
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.