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The information on this site does not modify any insurance policy terms in any way. Alcohol has long been known as a roadway killer. Drinking and driving kills 28 people a day in the U. The earliest drunk driving laws in the United States date to , not long after cars became more common. In , states specified a level of intoxication, or blood alcohol content. At the time, a person would have to have a BAC of 0. Most companies would recommend that their employees not drive at all after drinking.
Drunk drivers are a serious problem in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , every day in the United States, 30 people die in intoxicated crashes.
Distracted vehicle operation is the most common cause of auto accidents in the U. Being intoxicated is the second most common, but more deadly. Consider the effects of drinking alcohol. It inhibits common sense and motor skills. People are more aware of the dangers. A survey by The Zebra found that most people are aware of their limits when drinking.
Driving while buzzed, with a BAC under 0. In , million adults self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired vehicle operation. Every day, about 28 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes — that's one person every 52 minutes. In , these deaths reached the lowest percentage since when NHTSA started reporting alcohol data — but still 10, people lost their lives.
These deaths were all preventable. Alcohol is a substance that reduces the function of the brain, impairing thinking, reasoning and muscle coordination. All these abilities are essential to operating a vehicle safely. Alcohol is absorbed directly through the walls of the stomach and small intestine.
Then it passes into the bloodstream where it accumulates until it is metabolized by the liver. A person's alcohol level is measured by the weight of the alcohol in a certain volume of blood.
At a BAC of. However, even a small amount of alcohol can affect driving ability. In , there were 1, people killed in alcohol-related crashes where a driver had a BAC of. Driving after drinking is deadly. Yet it still continues to happen across the United States. If you drive while impaired, you could get arrested, or worse — be involved in a traffic crash that causes serious injury or death.
Approximately one-third of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States involve drunk drivers with BACs of. In , there were 10, people killed in these preventable crashes.
In fact, on average over the year period from , more than 10, people died every year in drunk-driving crashes. Car crashes are a leading cause of death for teens, and about a quarter of those crashes involve an underage drinking driver.
To reduce alcohol-related fatal crashes among youth, all states have adopted a minimum legal drinking age of NHTSA estimates that minimum-drinking-age laws have saved 31, lives from to
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