| Motor vehicle accidents are on the rise in Florida due | | | | alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents or non-fatally |
| to driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI). Law | | | | injure someone every two minutes. Over one million |
| enforcers have made an effort to curtail the problem | | | | people were involved in DUI accidents in the last year |
| with introduction and enforcement of rigid, stringent | | | | alone as per statistical data. |
| penalties. Florida tends to have the highest numbers of | | | | A person may be entitled to claim compensation for |
| DUI arrests in US. Florida roads have been considered | | | | injuries from the drunk driver or their respective insurer |
| to be unsafe particularly in Dade, Palm Beach, | | | | on being injured as a result of a drunk driving accident. |
| Hillsborough, Pensacola, Pasco, Jacksonville and | | | | These rules are not limited to drivers and passengers |
| Broward, where the rich and famous live Frequent | | | | of vehicles, but also covers injured pedestrians, or |
| checks are conducted to discourage individuals from | | | | close family members of those injured under laws so |
| DUI and may lead to lower rates of road accidents. | | | | defined. Payment of damages to those injured is a |
| An individual detected of driving a vehicle with a 0.20% | | | | must under law of personal injury and carelessness as |
| alcohol present in his blood sample, urine or breath, is | | | | a result of any car accident in which an offender is |
| eligible to be booked under DUI. It has been found that | | | | found liable. Payment for the same generally |
| ability to perform two things at a time such as steering | | | | comprises of compensation for medical treatment, |
| and braking diminishes at a blood alcohol count of | | | | past and future lost income, and emotional anguish |
| 0.20%. Alcohol gets absorbed into the blood and gets | | | | damages. In most accident claims, retaliatory damages |
| carried to the brain. This affects the nerves and slows | | | | are not usually available, but they may be an option in |
| down reflexes of an individual, which could be a major | | | | an automobile accident lawsuit involving DUI in the |
| cause of driving accidents. Statistics reveal that every | | | | state of Florida. |
| 32 minutes a person may lose his life as a result of | | | | |