| It is very hazardous to drive a vehicle whenever | | | | myths which are merely false. |
| intoxicated. Surveys suggest that the vast majority of | | | | Using pennies may lower an individual's BAC level. |
| individuals in the United States consider drunk driving to | | | | False: Using pennies or other copper has zero |
| be among the country's most significant social | | | | influence on alcohol breath tester BAC results. |
| challenges, more critical than health care, | | | | Hypoglycemia will cause acetone in the breath, which |
| homelessness, bigotry, and education. Most people in | | | | the Breathalyzer will record as alcohol on the breath. |
| the US find drunk driving by others as a significant | | | | True: Sorry to say, about one of seven motorists is |
| threat to themselves and their families. | | | | diabetic and at an increased risk of false arrest and |
| The proportion of car incidents caused by alcohol is in | | | | conviction for DUI/DWI. |
| reality not known. Alcohol-related crashes include | | | | Field sobriety testing, being based on scientific |
| things like mishaps that are plainly not caused by | | | | principles, accurately identify impaired motorists. False: |
| alcohol; as, for example, when a driver who has been | | | | A study showing police videotapes of individuals taking |
| drinking alcohol is stopped at a red light and rear-ended | | | | common field sobriety tests, and asking them to |
| by a sober but inattentive driver. | | | | choose whether suspects were too inebriated to drive |
| At one time, over twenty-five percent of fatally injured | | | | legally, reported incorrectly 46% of the time. The use |
| drivers had BACs of at least.10. Certainly, alcohol was | | | | of field sobriety tests resulted in judgments by the |
| not a cause of some not known amount of these | | | | officers that were about as precise as a coin flip. |
| tragedies. | | | | When you feel you have been wrongfully charged |
| One death caused by alcohol consumption is one too | | | | with a drunk driving offense, it is usually worth |
| many. Every single such fatality is a needless tragedy | | | | consulting with a law firm who deals with DUI defense |
| that permanently traumatizes several others. | | | | near you. |
| The subject matter of DWI and DUI bears many | | | | |