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Drinking and Driving
BAC• All states have set the legal BAC limit for
adults who drive after drinking at 0.08, but impairment of driving skills begins at much lower levels.
• Certain driving skills such as steering a car while responding traffic stimuli, can be compromised at a BAC as low as 0.02.
• And the more alcohol you consume, the more impaired your driving skills will be.
Why do some people choose to drink and drive?
Alcohol-induced loss of judgment: alcohol affects your decision making.
Lack of planning: not having a designated driver, not knowing beforehand how you will handle the transportation. Not planning to be drinking. In the moment thinking.
Peer pressure: this is a factor especially for teenagers.
Rationalization: “I live 5 minutes away”, “It’s not the first time”. drunk drivers find excuses to justify their driving;
Over-confidence: drinking changes the perception about our abilities, people believe they can do things better than when sober. In reality, they do them much worse.
Lack of education: there are a lot of people who simply are unaware of the serious consequences.
Teenagers and drinking & driving
• Alcohol is the most used drug among teenagers all around the world.
• 60 percent of all teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol-related;
• 4000 teenagers are killed every year • Another 85,000 teenagers are injured, by
driving drunk, as passengers or as innocent bystanders;
• Teens are more likely than older drivers to speed, run red lights, make illegal turns, ride with a drunk driver, and drive after using alcohol or drugs.
Consequences of Drinking and Driving
• jail time • court costs • loss of job/loss of income • attorneys fees • increased insurance rates • car impound and towing fees • loss of driving privileges • cost of drivers education classes • cost and inconvenience of ignition interlock
device installed on car • community service time • and the worst consequence of drunk driving
is injuring or killing someone else or yourself.
WHAT IS DISTRACTED DRIVING?
• Distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving.
• All distractions endanger driver, passenger, and bystander safety. These types of distractions include:– Texting – Using a cell phone or smartphone – Eating and drinking – Talking to passengers – Grooming – Reading, including maps – Using a navigation system – Watching a video – Adjusting a radio, CD player, or MP3 player
– because text messaging requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention from the driver, it is by far the most alarming distraction.
Distracted Driving | Faces of Distracted Driving | Texting and Driving• Teen drivers are more likely than other age
groups to be involved in a fatal crash where distraction is reported. In 2009, 16% of teen drivers involved in a fatal crash were reported to have been distracted. (NHTSA)
• 40% of all American teens say they have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger. (Pew)
• Drivers who use hand-held devices are 4 times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. (Monash University)
• Text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted. (VTTI)
• Sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent-at 55 mph-of driving the length of an entire football field, blind. (VTTI)
• Headset cell phone use is not substantially safer than hand-held use. (VTTI)
• Using a cell phone while driving - whether it's hand-held or hands-free delays a driver's reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. (University of Utah)
• Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%. (Carnegie Mellon)
• Take the Pledge
• The fight to end distracted driving starts with you. Make the commitment to drive phone-free today.
• Distracted driving kills and injures thousands of people each year. I pledge to:
– Protect lives by never texting or talking on the phone while driving.• Be a good passenger and speak out if the driver in my car is distracted.
– Encourage my friends and family to drive phone-free.
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• DATE: ___________________________________________________________________