DUI Penalty Advice from Attorneys

Getting behind the wheel of a vehicle – car, truck, motorcycle or any other motorized vehicle – after consuming alcohol is a serious crime. Your DUI Attorney will tell you that you are risking an enormous amount when you drive impaired. Drinking and driving is referred to as driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI), and involves operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content (BAC) level of at least 0.08 percent. However, even a small amount of alcohol can lead to harmful situations. Some drivers may not even show warning signs of being under the influence, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less dangerous. It’s important to remember that any form of drinking and driving is illegal and can come with strict punishment. Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes—that's one person every 48 minutes in 2017. These deaths have fallen by a third in the last three decades; however, drunk-driving crashes claim more than 10,000 lives per year. In 2010, the most recent year for which cost data is available, these deaths and damages contributed to a cost of $44 billion that year.

Drunk Driving Statistics

For more than two decades the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility has been leading the fight to eliminate drunk driving and underage drinking. During this time drunk driving fatalities have declined 31% and among those under 21 the number of fatalities has decreased 65%. Underage drinking among the nation’s youth has continued to decline with fewer reporting drinking each year – past month consumption decreasing 53% since 1991 – while the number of conversations among parents and kids has increased. Alcohol impairment is a factor in nearly one-third of all traffic fatalities. In 2017, 10,874 people were killed in crashes involving a drunk driver, 29 percent of all fatalities. How big is the problem?
  • In 2016, 10,497 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for 28% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.
  • Of the 1,233 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2016, 214 (17%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.
  • In 2016, more than 1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
  • That’s one percent of the 111 million self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired driving among U.S. adults each year (figure below).
  • Drugs other than alcohol (legal and illegal) are involved in about 16% of motor vehicle crashes.
  • Marijuana use is increasing and 13% of nighttime, weekend drivers have marijuana in their system.
  • Marijuana users were about 25% more likely to be involved in a crash than drivers with no evidence of marijuana use, however other factors–such as age and gender–may account for the increased crash risk among marijuana users.
    • State and local law enforcement officials work year-round to identify alcohol-impaired drivers and get them off our roads. At specific times throughout the year, these efforts are amplified through the national drunk driving crackdown, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. GHSA's member State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) work with their state and local law enforcement partners on this campaign, which combines high visibility law enforcement and public awareness and education campaigns to deter or detect drunk drivers. Many states also conduct sobriety checkpoints throughout the year.

    Lyft Contributes to Highway Safety

    The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Lyft have awarded State Highway Safety Offices in five states more than $85,000 in grant funds and Lyft ride credits to support campaigns that deter impaired road use this holiday season. The holidays are a time for celebration, which also means an increase in the number of impaired drivers out on the roads. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), nearly one in four weekend drivers tested positive for at least one drug that could impair their driving skills and 885 people lost their lives in traffic crashes involving a drunk driver during the month of December 2017. This is the first year of a state grant program funded by Lyft and administered by GHSA providing a combination of cash grants and ride credits that can be used toward discounts on Lyft fares. The goal of the program is to encourage road users to use a ride-hailing service to travel when they are impaired, rather than putting themselves or others at risk. List Created by Sacramento Top 10

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