Drinking And Driving
Drinking driving is most frequently committed on the weekends.
Knowing who's a drunk drivers
DUI's causes losing jobs, death, and depression.
Tips
On average, two out of three people will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.
Drunk driving deaths and damages cost about $52 billion per year in the United States.
An average drunk driver has driven drunk over 80 times before their first arrest
Nearly one-third 31% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States are due to drunk driving.
In the United States each day, people drive drunk more than 300,000 times, but only about 3,200 are arrested
Approximately, 50 to 75% of convicted drunk drivers continue to drive on a suspended license.
Nearly 75% of drunk drivers involved in fatal collisions are not wearing their safety belts
According to NHTSA 10,497 people died in alcohol crashes in 2016
In 2016 alcohol crash fatalities accounted for 28 percent of all crash.
Choose a non-drinking designated driver if you’re consuming alcohol.
Ask for a ride.
Protect by taking their keys if they try to drive after consuming alcohol. They may be mad at you.
Never serve alcohol to minors
Serve plenty of food.
Making wide turns
Weaving, swerving, drifting, or straddling the center line
Braking erratically
Driving at a very slow speed