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However, President Ronald Reagan, influenced by groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID), decided to federally enforce a 21+ drinking age by signing the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. [4]
Leandra's Law (Child Passenger Protection Act) is a New York State law making it an automatic felony on the first offense to drive drunk with a person age 15 or younger inside the vehicle, and setting the blood alcohol content, or BAC, at 0.08.
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.
A California woman who advocated for stricter DUI laws after two of her children were killed by a drunk driver has been charged with manslaughter after officials say they found her intoxicated and ...
A heartbreaking viral video shows the devastating consequences of drunk driving. The footage begins with scenes from what life once looked like for the Simmons family in Jeanerette, Louisiana.
A dad waiting in the pickup line at a Florida elementary school was denied access to his kids after school staff realized he was “drunk out of his mind,” according to investigators.
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.
An Act to encourage a uniform minimum drinking age of 21 to combat drugged driving, improve law enforcement and provide incentives to the states to reduce drunk driving. Acronyms (colloquial) NMDAA: Nicknames: National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984: Enacted by: the 98th United States Congress: Effective: July 17, 1984 40 years ago: Citations ...