Drunk driving

The police may pull over a driver weaving erratically on the highway on suspicion of drunk driving. A police officer must confirm this suspicion by assessing whether the driver has a blood alcohol concentration over the "legal limit." The "Breathalyzer" test checks a person s breath using a redox reaction to determine blood alcohol concentration. This test was invented in 1953 by Robert Borkenstein, a former member of the Indiana State Police, and a professor of forensic studies. 

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Online. Available HTTP (accessed 2 April 2003). 

MADD s mission is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime, and prevent underage drinking. ... 

Drunk Driving Defense, http //www.drunkdrivingdefense.com/general/ illegal-drugs.htm. 

The National Commission Against Drunk Driving at http //www.ncadd. 

Georges, William R, and John C. Lawn. Battling Hardcore Drunk Driving. Police Chief, July 1999, pp. 47-50. Reports on efforts to combat hardcore drunk driving, defined as offenders caught repeatedly with high blood alcohol levels. The authors believe that effectively deterring... 

Marowitz, L.A., Drug arrests and drunk driving, Alcohol Drugs Driving, 11,1, 1995. 

United States Congress passes transportation spending bill including establishment of a national standard for drunk driving for adults at a 0.08% blood alcohol level (BAL). States are required to adopt this stricter standard by 2004 or face penalties. By 2001, more than half the states adopt this stricter standard. 

Two of the drugs that cause major problems for users and those around them are legal. Drunk driving and alcoholism are responsible for numerous deaths. Nicotine is responsible for more deaths than illegal drugs. 

Drunk driving limit in many states, definite impairment in coordination and judgment... 

Although some cultures have expressly forbidden the use of alcohol (particularly some but not all Muslim cultures), most peoples have embraced this drug, giving themselves permission to use it ceremonially and recreationally, at least in moderate quantities. At the same time, alcoholism or alcohol addiction is considered to be a worldwide problem, and most cultures invoke sanctions against behavior related to alcohol overuse, such as drunk driving. 

Stemming the drunk-driving problem seems to be a matter of sustained attention and action by law enforcement and citizens action groups. Drivers perceptions that arrest and conviction are likely consequences of drunk driving also are important. Alcohol s effects on sex and aggression are major topics of social interest and concern. To understand alcohol s association with aggressive behavior it is necessary to take into account characteristics of the aggressor and situational factors, only one of which is alcohol. 

Drunk driving 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 and 24 drove under the influence of alcohol last year (Hingson et al., 2002). 

Every year in the United States about 25,000 people are killed and 500,000 more are injured as a result of drunk driving. In spite of efforts to educate the public about the dangers of driving while intoxicated and stiffer penalties for drunk driving offenses, law enforcement agencies still have to devote a great deal of work to removing drunk drivers from America s roads. 

Alcohol is the most abused drug in America, and alcoholism is among the most common diseases. Statistics about deaths due to drunk driving are available, but no one knows how many other accidental deaths may be indirectly caused by alcohol. Many believe that some particular biochemistry must be associated with alcoholism. There is certainly a genetic trait, shown most forcefully in a benchmark study of identical twins raised apart from each other. Attempts to find the gene for alcoholism have not, however, met with success. A complex genetic relationship is likely to be involved. 

This is well above the legal limit of 0. 1 percent by mass ethanol in the blood. The individnal should be prosecuted for drunk driving. 

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