| People do not understand the reason why there is so | | | | seconds, walking in a straight line, and lastly the final |
| much stress given on the fact that no one should drive | | | | judgment depended on the officers opinion on the |
| when they are drunk. The intoxication of our mind is | | | | intoxication of the drunk. |
| dangerous to driving, not only to our life but also to the | | | | When the scientifically proven tests for checking the |
| life of the other drivers and pedestrians on the road. | | | | alcohol in the blood were established that is the tests |
| We should always appreciate the life we have been | | | | to check the blood alcohol content (BAC), this helped in |
| gifted by God and hence should also regard the fact | | | | strictly pinning down the culprit for the offense he/she |
| that driving while being drunk is a serious offense and | | | | had committed. BAC is a very simple test and is |
| is daunting not only for yourself but for all the drivers | | | | actually expressed as the percentage of alcohol in |
| on the road. That is the major reason why drunk | | | | given amount of blood. Even though, no measuring |
| driving is strictly prohibited and hence severe charges | | | | units are assigned for these kind of tests, but yet in |
| are implied on people who are caught driving while | | | | most of the European nations it is referred to as in |
| intoxicated with alcohol or drugs. | | | | milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood. However, it |
| In clear terms, DUI (driving under the influence of | | | | is most conveniently expressed in percentage and |
| alcohol and drugs) is described as the act of using a | | | | thus, it is illegal for a person with BAC of 0.08% or |
| vehicle while clearly being not in their regular senses | | | | more to drive on the road. |
| and is a criminal offense in almost all the parts of the | | | | Usually, the penalties or charges against the drunk |
| world. It is shocking to find that in the United States | | | | driver vary from nation to nation. However, in the |
| alone out of 39% of road accidents is attributed due to | | | | United States by the stringent efforts of organizations |
| DUI which actually comes up to the $51 billion cost on | | | | like Mothers against Drunk Driving, stiffer laws and |
| an annual basis. On more specific terms, it has been | | | | punishments have been incorporated for drunken |
| researched and concluded that 44% of traffic | | | | driving cases. There are huge fines and penalties for |
| casualties in the United States is due to alcohol | | | | cases of drunk driving and experienced DUI attorneys |
| intoxication. | | | | mostly defend the offenders by converting the |
| Criminal Offenses pertaining to the driving cases | | | | charges into lesser offenses. |
| usually are termed as driving under the influence (DUI), | | | | When we are driving while being drunk, it is not only |
| driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving under intense | | | | our lives which is getting endangered, but there are |
| influence (DUII), operating a motor vehicle while | | | | several others on the road too, whose life also gets |
| intoxicated (OMVI), operating while intoxicated (OWI), | | | | affected by a simple mistake from our side and hence |
| based on the jurisdiction. In the initial times of drunken | | | | it is our duty to be law-abiding citizens all the time |
| driving cases, the charges were implied on tests and | | | | when we are on the road and to strictly follow the |
| experiments such as standing on a single leg for 45 | | | | rules of not driving while we are drunk. |