What are the consequences of drunk driving?

Consequences of Drunk Driving One out of three – Those are the odds you and every other American have of being involved in an alcohol related car crash sometime in your life. Drunk driving accidents injure someone every two minutes; worse, every 30 minutes, they kill someone. read more

The consequences of drunk driving are far reaching. The effects of drunk driving do not affect only the drunk drivers, but many, many others. Of course passengers in the car may be affected by being injured in accidents, but they may be affected emotionally by the trauma of accidents as well. read more

States differ in what they call it—driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated, drunk driving or impaired driving—but in every state, a baseline blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent is considered an offense. read more