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The Bob campaign aims to raise awareness of the dangers of drink-driving; drivers with high blood alcohol content are at increased risk of car accidents, highway injuries and vehicular deaths. Alongside the general information that is offered during the campaign, there is an increased police surveillance, especially during the weeks running up ...
Every 15 Minutes programs can include a simulated car crash scene with teenage "victims." Every 15 Minutes is a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about driving while drunk, personal safety, and the responsibility of making mature decisions.
Every 79 seconds, someone in the U.S. is killed or injured by an impaired driver. Drunk driving deaths increased by 14% for two consecutive years, rising to more than 13,000 for the first time ...
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.
Driver Performance; Driver Behavior; Alcohol's Role in Traffic Crashes; Drunk Driving Countermeasures; Effectiveness of Occupant Protection Devices When Used; Restraint-Use Laws, Use Rates, and Field Effectiveness; User Responses to Changes in Traffic Systems; How You Can Reduce Your Risk; An Attempt to Estimate the Relative Importance of Factors
118 years ago on September 10, 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith was the first person ever arrested for drunk driving.
[45] The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released polling data in 2009 that showed 87% of people consider texting and e-mailing while driving a "very serious" safety threat, almost equivalent to the 90% of those polled who consider drunk driving a threat. Despite the acknowledgement of the dangers of texting behind the wheel, about half of ...
Research by the Transport Research Laboratory showed that texting while driving slowed a driver's reaction time more so than drinking alcohol or using drugs. Driver's reaction times decreased by 46% while making a call, 37% when texting and driving, and 27% during hands-free calls. Those who were drinking and driving at the limit of 80 mg of ...