Drinking & Driving

Chapter 21

Drink & Driving, Deadly Combination

______cause of death among teens is ______

All skills for driving are______

  • Slows ______time
  • Reduces ability to judge ______& ______
  • Affects ______
  • Reduces ______

Drinking, Driving & The Law

______if under 21 years of age

BAC 0.08 = ______arrest

Zero Tolerance ( under 21)

Under 21 = BAC of _____ (______!!!!!!)

What happens if caught?

  • ______
  • ______of drivers license
  • ______fines
  • ______service
  • Possible ______time
  • ______Treatment Program

How much does a DUI Cost?

Estimated minimum $______

This is just the bare minimum, doesn't include costs if someone is killed or the guilt you will live with for the rest of your life.

  • Annual auto insurance increase over 13 yrs = $______
  • DUI classes = $______
  • Towing & storage fee ($137 a day) =$______(at least 5 days)
  • Fines & attorney fees = $______
  • DMV reinstatement fee = $______
  • Estimated Minimum total = $______

Doesn't include hospital care for the person you hurt, the emotional & physical costs, the inability to get a job because of the DUI record, or the award from any lawsuit resulting from a death. All together, those costs could total millions of dollars.

The time spent dealing with the consequences:

  • Average time of license suspension=3 months for adults, __ months for teens
  • Average time in jail = _____ months
  • Average years on probation = _____ years
  • Number of years with 2 points on driving record = ______ years
  • DUI classes = ______ months
  • Time in court = Several months
  • Convicted of murder = Possible lifetime imprisonment

Getting Home Safe & Sober

______

Plan ahead

Have an ______with family member to pick you up if need be

______

Most Important Things To Remember

Do ______get in a car with someone who has been drinking!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do ______drink and drive!!!!!!!!!!

Think About This:

Every day 11,000 American youth try alcohol for the 1st time, compared with 6,500 for marijuana; 2,800 for cocaine; & 400 for heroin.

Young people who begin drinking before 15 are 4x more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin drinking at 21

More than 1,700 college students in the U.S. are killed each year (about 5 a day) as a result of alcohol-related injuries

An estimated 513,000 people are injured in alcohol-related crashes each year, 59 per hour or one every minute

80% of the people killed68% of the people injured by drunk drivers are in the drunk driver’s car

2.6 million teenagers didn’t know you could die from an alcohol poisoning

Of drivers 15–20 yrs of age who had been drinking & killed in an alcohol-related crash, 80% were not wearing seatbelts

Alcohol is a factor in the 3rd leading causes of death (vehicle crashes, homicide & suicide) for people ages 16-20; more than 45% of these deaths result from alcohol-related crashes: ~1 death every 2½ hours on a typical weekend

31% of HS seniors reported binge drinking within the last 2 weeks, 51% admitted to the consumption of alcohol

79% of all HS students have tried alcohol at least once

40% of 9th gradestudents have consumed alcohol before age 13

56% of underage students say that drinking "to get drunk" was an important reason for drinking

More Americans have been killed by drunk drivers than in all the wars fought since the founding of our country