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- Drinking and Driving By: Amber Matthews and Raley Vines 1
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- Legal Limit All 50 states have now set.08% BAC as the legal
limit for Driving Under the Influence. For those under 21, there is
a zero tolerance limitany amount of alcohol is grounds for a DUI
arrest. Drinking and driving starts to effect you at the BAC of
0.02 and severely at 0.05. By the time you reach the BAC of 0.08
your muscle coordination is poor. 2 Amber Matthews and Raley
Vines
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- Consequences of Drinking While Driving Temporary impounding of
your vehicle A fine of up to several thousand dollars Probation
Possible jail time Revocation of your driver's license Community
service Completion of substance abuse classes at your own expense
Penalties increase substantially if you are involved in an
accident. 3 Amber Matthews and Raley Vines
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- Possible Accidents It is not uncommon for drunk drivers to get
into accidents that do not involve other cars. Some drivers tend to
think it is okay to drive while intoxicated as long as it is on
roads that are unpopulated because the risk of running into another
car is diminished. However, there are a number of instances in
which drunk drivers have had severe car accidents involving trees,
power lines, ditches, or even houses. 4 Amber Matthews and Raley
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- Possible Injuries Some of the most common serious injuries
caused by DUI accidents include: Spinal cord Brain injuries Broken
bones Whiplash Paralysis 5Amber Matthews and Raley Vines
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- Facts An estimated 32% of fatal car crashes involve an
intoxicated driver or pedestrian. Nearly 13,000 people are killed
each year in alcohol-related accidents Over 1.4 million arrests for
DWI each year and 780,000 are convicted 6 Amber Matthews and Raley
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- More Facts Every 53 minutes in America, someone is killed in a
drunk driving crash. That equates to 27 people every day. Every 90
seconds, someone is injured from a drunk driving incident. Traffic
accidents are the leading cause of death for teens, and roughly 1/3
of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance. 211
children were killed in drunk driving crashes in 2010. Of those 211
children, 62% were riding in the car with the impaired driver. 7
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- Dustin Church On July 10, 2004, 18-year-old Dustin Church was
hanging out with friends when they decided to go on a late-night
pizza run. But on the way home, in the short two-mile stretch
between the restaurant and the drivers house, the speeding car ran
off the road, hit an embankment and landed upside-down in a
Connecticut river. The driver was an impaired teenager, who had
been illegally drinking underage and using drugs. Dustin was in the
backseat of the two-door car as it sank into the river. The two in
the front seat survived. But not Dustin. He died trying to get out
of the backseat. He died trying to breathe as the car sank deeper.
In short, he died trying to live. But he didnt live, he drowned. 8
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- Pictures 9 Amber Matthews and Raley Vines
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- Video http://www.teachertube.com/video/drunk-driving-psa-27535
http://www.teachertube.com/video/drunk-driving-psa-27535 10 Amber
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- Abdallah Khader Abdallah Khader was just 2 years old in 2009
when his family's car was hit by a drunk driver. At age 8, he
succumbed to the injuries he sustained in that crash. Abdallah's
parents tell WFAA he died at a Fort Worth, Texas, medical center;
he had been in a near-vegetative state since the crash, strapped to
a chair and on oxygen, and he frequently suffered from pneumonia,
including at the time of his death. Meanwhile, Stewart
Richardsonwhose blood alcohol level was about three times the legal
limit on the night of the crash in Arlington, Texasremains in jail
awaiting trial. 11 Amber Matthews and Raley Vines
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- Conclusion We hope this presentation has given you a better
insight on the effects of drinking and driving. 12 Amber Matthews
and Raley Vines
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- Works Citied
http://alcoholcontrols.com/lebaclibyst.html#.VMZNv085DIU
http://alcoholcontrols.com/lebaclibyst.html#.VMZNv085DIU
https://ncadd.org/learn-about-alcohol/drinking-and-driving
https://ncadd.org/learn-about-alcohol/drinking-and-driving
http://www.duifoundation.org/drunkdriving/accidents/types/
http://www.duifoundation.org/drunkdriving/accidents/types/
http://criminal.lawyers.com/dui-dwi/legal-consequences-of-drinking-and-
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http://criminal.lawyers.com/dui-dwi/legal-consequences-of-drinking-and-
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Accidents/Drunk-Driving-Accidents.shtml
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-driving-under-influence
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http://www.newser.com/story/201149/boy-dies-6-years-after-dwi-crash.html
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http://www.madd.org/blog/archives.html?topics=victim-stories
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