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Underage Drinking and Driving

Underage Drinking and Driving. PowerPoint by John Arney. Questions to Start With. Do you know anyone who has been in an accident related to drunk driving? Was it his/her fault or another driver’s fault?. What is Drunk Driving?.

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Underage Drinking and Driving

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  1. Underage Drinking and Driving PowerPoint by John Arney

  2. Questions to Start With • Do you know anyone who has been in an accident related to drunk driving? • Was it his/her fault or another driver’s fault?

  3. What is Drunk Driving? • According to lawcore.com, drunk driving is when an operator of a vehicle has consumed enough alcohol to inhibit him/her from driving in a safe manner.

  4. For Starters • Why is the legal age for drinking 21, when in most countries it is much lower? • Truth… Drinking hinders long and short term brain growth. • This effects things such as • Memory • Learning Capabilities • coordination, emotional control, thinking, decision-making, hand-eye movement and speech

  5. Here in NC… • In North Carolina, the blood alcohol concentration at which one is considered legally intoxicated is .08% • Drivers under 21 are legally intoxicated when their blood alcohol level is .01% or more.

  6. What if? • What if you are the one left alive while your best friend that was riding beside you is no longer with you? • What if the driver of the other car doesn’t make it BUT you do?

  7. What if? • What if the other passenger barely makes it but has major medical problems because of the choice YOU made? • Jacqueline Saburido was 20 years old when she was hit by a drunk driver. She is now 23.

  8. The Facts • Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among teenagers in America. • By age 15, approximately ½ of America’s youth have had a whole drink of alcohol, not just a few sips.

  9. Facts • In 2008, an estimated 11,773 people died in alcohol-impaired traffic crashes • 3 in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lives

  10. Quick Facts • On average, someone is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes in the US • Each day 36 people die and almost 700 more are injured in vehicle crashes that involve a drunk driver

  11. The Dangers • Injury to yourself or another • This could even mean the loss of life

  12. More Dangers • There are other dangers on top of injury… • Being caught and pulled over by a policeman

  13. Punishment First offense • Fine (up to $4000!) • License suspension or restriction • Attendance at a DUI education course • Probation Second offense • A jail sentence • Another hefty fine • An almost definite license restriction

  14. Another form of Punishment • Some states are even identifying drunk drivers on their driver’s license. • Humiliating?

  15. New Ways of Preventing Drunk Driving • Cameras to monitor if you are actually paying attention or capable to drive

  16. One Question to Leave With • Is driving drunk really worth messing your life up over?

  17. Works Cited (Pictures) • "2,670 = Drunk Driving Deaths So Far In 2009." Cognac. Web. 18 Feb 2010. <http://cognac.com/2670-drunk-driving-deaths-so-far-in-2009/>. • "Bad Things Can Happen When You Drive While Intoxicated." The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog. Web. 18 Feb 2010. <schlissellaw.wordpress.com/.../>. • "Dont Drink and Drive." Torch. Web. 19 Feb 2010. <http://www.torch.aetc.af.mil/>. • "Drinking and Driving." San Diego Personal Injursy. Web. 16 Feb 2010. http://www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/ • "Jacqueline Saburido ." A Real Story of a girl. Web. 15 Feb 2010. • "Mock crash teaches lesson about drinking and driving." mLive.com. Web. 16 Feb 2010. <blog.mlive.com/>. • "Police Cracking Down." Maine Person Injury Law. Web. 16 Feb 2010. <http://www.mainepersonalinjurylaw.com/uploads/>.

  18. Works Cited • Free Advice, . "Drunk Crimes." Free Legal Advice. 2007. FreeAdvice, Web. 18 Feb 2010. <http://www.freeadvice.com/>. • MADD, . "Get the truth about the 21 Law." WHY 21? (2007): n. pag. Web. 18 Feb 2010. <http://why21.org/>. • MADD, . "Statistics." Mothers Against Drunk Driving (2009): n. pag. Web. 16 Feb 2010. <http://www.madd.org/>. • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, . The Surgeon General’s Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking2007. 2007. Surgeon General, Web. 19 Feb 2010. <http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/calltoaction

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