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Drunk driving. 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.
Drunk driving in the United States. 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.
1937 poster warning U.S. drivers against drunk driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely.
Countries without legal limit. According to WHO data from 2018, the following countries had no legal limit for drinking and driving: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Burundi, Comoros, Egypt, Gambia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic and Togo.
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. [2]
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. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 ( 23 U.S.C. ยง 158) was passed by the United States Congress and was later signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 17 ...
The terms " designated driver " and " designated driving " (commonly known as DD) refer to the selection of a person who remains sober as the responsible driver of a vehicle whilst others have been allowed to drink alcoholic beverages . Thus, as a practical and ethical matter a designated driver is a person who abstains from alcohol on an ...
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 ...