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District of Columbia Drunk Driving Law
Here are highlights from District of Columbia law on driving under the influence of liquor or drugs (DC Code section 50-2201.05).
Delaware Drunk Driving Law
Here are highlights from Delaware law on driving while under the influence (E Code Title 21 section 4177).
Connecticut Drunk Driving Laws
Here are highlights from Connecticut law on operation while under the influence (GSC section 14-227a).
Colorado Drunk Driving Law
Here are highlights from Colorado law on driving under the influence (CRS 42-4-1301).
California Drunk Driving Laws
Here are highlights from California law on offenses involving alcohol or drugs (California Vehicle Code Sections 23152 - 23229.1).
Alaska Drunk Driving Laws
Here are highlights from Alaska law on operating a vehicle while under the influence (Alaska Statues 28.35.030).
Arkansas Drunk Driving Laws
Here are highlights from Arkansas law on driving while intoxicated (AR Code Title 5, Ch. 65).
Alabama Drunk Driving Laws
Here are highlights from Alabama law on driving while under influence of alcohol, controlled substances (AL Code 32-5A-191).
Terms Associated With Drunk Driving
This list includes some of the legal terms and acronyms associated with drunk driving cases, also known as driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired.
How Does a Drunk Driving Conviction Affect Your Insurance?
If you are convicted of drunk driving, in most states your automobile insurance rates are likely going to go up for at least three years and you will probably be learning at lot about something called SR-22.
Why You Should Never Drink and Drive
It's not a question of whether you are legally intoxicated, it's a question of whether or not it is safe to drive when you have consumed any amount of alcohol. Research shows that impairment begins long before a person reaches the blood alcohol concentration level of .08.
Ankle Bracelet Measures Blood Alcohol 24/7
More and more law enforcements agencies are beginning to use a new high-tech tool that helps them track the alcohol consumption of previous offenders, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Energy-Drink Cocktails Mask Alcohol's Effects
Young people who drink alcohol mixed with "energy drinks" may not feel the effects of their drinking as much, but their motor coordination and visual reaction time are just as impaired, according to a study by Brazilian researchers.
A Designated Driver Is Not the 'Least Drunk'
Instead of picking someone to remain sober and be the designated driver, a new study has found that many young people are choosing the "least drunk" of their group to get behind the wheel after a night of drinking.
Communitiess Can Reduce Drunk Driving Fatalities
Communities can decrease alcohol-related fatal crashes by providing better access to substance abuse treatment while reducing the availability of alcohol in the community.
Drunk Driving Increases, Study Shows
After a decline of alcohol-impaired driving throughout most of the 1990s, a new study shows that driving while intoxicated has increased signficantly and researchers believe is linked to an increase in binge drinking.
Imaging Study Shows Why Drunk Drivers Are Dangerous
Imaging studies of the brain when it is under the influence of alcohol reveal that different areas of the brain are impaired under high and low levels of alcohol, according to a Yale study.
Ad Campaigns Against Drunk Driving May Be Effective
A systematic review of ad campaigns against drunk driving, published in the June issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, suggests these mass media campaigns can reduce alcohol-related car crashes by 13 percent.
Congress Launches New 'Stop DUI Caucus'
With alcohol-related traffic deaths and injuries on the rise after years of decline, a bipartisan group of members of Congress announced the formation of the Congressional Stop DUI Caucus to bring renewed attention to the nationwide epidemic of drunk driving.