Drunk driving is dangerous and drivers with high blood alcohol content are at increased risk of car accidents, highway injuries and vehicular deaths.

Basically, the more you drink the more likely you are to have an accident. A driver with blood alcohol concentration of 0.10 or greater is seven times more likely to be involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash than is a driver who has not consumed alcoholic beverages.

Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Drunk driving is illegal in most states. Vehicle crashes due to drunk driving kills someone every 31 minutes and injure someone every two minutes.

Consequences of drunk driving include suspension of license, impounding or confiscation vehicle plates, increasing penalties such as fines, loss of auto insurance, court ordered driving school, court ordered ignition device or imprisonment. Automatic license revocation along with mandatory jail seems to be the most effective measure to reduce drunk driving.

These consequences depends on the following factors: any other prior convictions, currently on probation or parole, attitude of the community and court toward this type of crime, blood alcohol content, mitigating circumstances and others.

Treatment of convicted drinking drivers normally emphasizes modifying drinking behaviors. The duration and type of treatment depend on factors such as the severity of the persons drinking problem and drinking under the influence history (DUI) history.

For repeat offenders, therapy that lasts for twelve months and that includes intensive programs focused on the individual appears to be most effective.

You may also be guilty of drinking while intoxicated for driving when your physical abilities are impaired by drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. Under the law, it makes no difference whether the drug is legal or illegal.

If taking that drug impacts your senses of hearing, seeing, walking, talking or judging distances, you may be guilty of drunken driving offense.

To drive safely, one must maintain alertness, make decisions based on ever changing information present in the environment and execute maneuvers based on these decisions.

In spite of all warnings, educational programs and public awareness to be more visible and diligent in protecting the highways, people still make the decisions to get behind the wheel of their vehicle while intoxicated.

If you’ve been drinking, avoid driving. Even a small amount of alcohol in your system can impair your ability to operate a vehicle safely. If you plan to be drinking decide ahead of time how you will get home safely and who will drive. Someone who gets behind the wheel after drinking is in danger of harming himself or others.