Drunk Driving

Operating a motor vehicle, or for that matterDrinking and driving is not the same as drunk
even a bicycle or other human-powered vehicle,driving or the other terms mentioned earlier.
after consuming alcohol or other drugs so thatDrinking and driving means driving a vehicle after
mental and motor skills are impaired is recognizedconsuming an alcoholic beverage, or driving while
as an act of driving under the influence (DUI) orconsuming one. Driving after consuming alcohol is
drunk driving. Illegal in most jurisdictions, drunkgenerally not considered illegal unless the driver
driving is responsible for a large number ofloses his ability to drive safely as defined by law.
deaths, injuries, and accidents every yearEven if the driver is not impaired, driving while
throughout the world.consuming alcohol is often illegal. In some
The name of the specific criminal offence,jurisdictions, keeping an open container of an
depending on the jurisdiction, may be driving whilealcoholic beverage in the passenger compartment
intoxicated (DWI), operating while intoxicatedof a motor vehicle is illegal.
(OWI), operating a motor vehicle while intoxicatedIn the United States, all states set a BAC limit of
(OMVI), driving under the influence [of alcohol or0.08%. Some states, however, slap a lesser
other drugs] (DUI), or drunk in charge [of acharge, known usually as driving while impaired, on
vehicle]. Such laws are valid for boating or pilotinga BAC of around 0.05%. All states charge
aircraft, also.under-21 drivers who have committed a drunk
The guilt of the driver may be established bydriving offence if alcohol is detected in their blood
subjective tests of his impairment, or the(set at .00%, .01% or .02% to be meaningful).
measurement of his blood alcohol content (BAC).The limit for aircraft pilots and commercial drivers
BAC is expressed in terms of milligrams of alcoholis fixed at 0.04%.
per milliliters of blood, or as a percentage.