Lesson Summary
A drunk driver is a person operating a vehicle who is mentally and physiologically impaired as a result of the overconsumption of alcohol.
Some facts and statistics about drunk driving include:
A drunk driver is a person operating a vehicle who is mentally and physiologically impaired as a result of the overconsumption of alcohol.
Some facts and statistics about drunk driving include:
- You have a 67% chance of being involved in a drunk driving accident in your lifetime.
- 1 in 10 adults has admitted to driving under the influence.
- Every two minutes someone is injured or killed as a result of a drunk driver.
- Most drunk drivers aren't arrested the first time they get behind the wheel; it takes about 80 times before they're finally caught.
- While the U.S. generates about $10 billion in taxes from the alcohol industry every year, drunk driving costs us $130 billion a year.
- About 10,000 people die as a result of drunk driving every year. That's about 1/3rd of all traffic-related deaths.
- 19% of children aged 0-14 who die during a traffic accident do so as a result of a drunk driver. Sadly, most of them are in the same car as the drunk driver, not the other way around.