| Intoxicating driving can be defined as
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| | traffic-related deaths.
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| driving when a drug "renders the driver
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| | • For every 31 minutes someone is
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| incapable of driving safely" or "causes
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| | killed with alcohol-related motor vehicle
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| the driver to be impaired". The effects
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| | crashes and nonfatally hurts someone
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| of specific drug abuse differ depending
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| | every 2 minutes.
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| on their mechanisms of action, the amount
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| | • According to National Hardcore Drunk
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| consumed, the history of the user, and
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| | Driver Project 58% of alcohol-related
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| other factors.
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| | traffic fatalities in 2006 involved
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| Why Intoxicated Driving is dangerous?
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| | drivers with a blood alcohol
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| The primary concern regarding intoxicated
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| | concentration of .15 or above.
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| driving is that driving under the
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| | • Studies conducted in several
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| influence of any drug that acts on the
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| | localities have found that approximately
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| brain could impair one's judgment,
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| | 4 to 14 percent of drivers who sustained
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| reaction time, and motor skills.
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| | injury or died in traffic accidents
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| Intoxicated driving is a public health
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| | tested positive for
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| concern because it puts not only the
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| | delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the
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| driver at risk, but also passengers and
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| | active ingredient in marijuana.
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| others who share the road.
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| | • One study found that about 34% of
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| How dangerous is driving while
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| | motor vehicle crash victims admitted to a
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| intoxicated?
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| | Maryland trauma center tested positive
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| A number of studies have examined illicit
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| | for "drugs only". About 16% tested
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| drug use in drivers involved in motor
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| | positive for "alcohol only".
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| fatal accidents, reckless driving, or
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| | • According to 2006 NHTSA data, more
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| vehicle crashes. For example,
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| | than half of the 414 child passengers
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| • According to NHTSA 2006 report,
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| | ages 14 and younger who died in
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| during 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S.
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| | alcohol-related crashes during 2005 were
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| died in alcohol-related motor vehicle
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| | riding with the drinking driver.
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| crashes, representing 39% of all
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