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Drunk Driving
Did you know that drunk drivers cause:
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More than 17,000 deaths annually
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310 funerals each week
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One death every 30 minutes
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An injury every 2 minutes
1 of 3 drivers will be involved in a collision with an impaired driver
After 10 pm during the week, 1 out of every 10 drivers is impaired
On weekends, it’s 1 out of every 5!
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
The % of alcohol in a person's bloodstream.
Each of the following contains the same amount of alcohol:
- 12 oz. can of beer at 5% alcohol
- 5 oz. glass of wine at 12% alcohol
- 1.5 oz. of 80-proof liquor at 40% alcohol
- 12 oz. wine cooler at 5% alcohol
Drivers at .08 BAC are 4
times more likely to cause a crash than .00 drivers
Only time can make you sober
Drivers on New York's highways are deemed to have given their consent to a test of their blood, breath, urine or saliva
for the purpose of determining the presence of alcohol and or other drugs. A refusal to submit to a chemical test will result
in automatic license suspension, even if found not guilty of impaired driving. This entire set of guidelines is called the
Implied Consent Law.
The price you pay for DWI:
- Up to $15,000 in legal fees, fines and insurance increases
- Loss of license
- Jail time
- A criminal record
WHY YOU SHOULD not DRINK AND DRIVE:
Jacqueline Saburido was hit by a drunk driver in Austin, Texas.
She
was pinned inside the vehicle as it caught on fire, leaving her with
severe burns over 60 percent of her body. Her life
was changed forever.
Warning! The images in the following
story are horrifying.
Children below the ages of 18 must ask their parents before continuing.
Jacqueline's Story: http://www.drumbum.com/lessons/jacqueline.htm
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