| Accidents caused due to drunken driving are one | | | | line or making them read out a passage.The |
| of the major-concern issues haunting the US in | | | | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is |
| the past few decades. Drunken driving causes | | | | responsible for creating guidelines for safe driving. |
| more than 16,000 automobile casualties every | | | | They have implemented rules under the National |
| year, leading to more than a million deaths. Not to | | | | Minimum Drinking Age laws to wean drunken |
| mention the millions of drivers that are arrested | | | | drivers off the road. According to their estimates, |
| for drunken driving each passing year.Several | | | | these laws have met with great success and |
| people who party into the wee hours of the night | | | | have been able to prevent more than 20,000 |
| drive with the drink still inside them. Youth that | | | | drunken driving deaths in the past year.Various |
| attend rave parties are susceptible to a more | | | | organizations are dedicated to cause awareness |
| serious problem, as they often mix drugs with | | | | about the problem of drunken driving. Particularly, |
| their drink. All these activities are deemed not only | | | | MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) has met |
| dangerous but also illegal by law. Drunk driving | | | | with a lot of popularity in this field. Media such as |
| endangers the lives of the drivers and their | | | | the television and newspapers are used |
| passengers as well as other people on the | | | | extensively to educate people of the dangers of |
| road.Strict methods are employed by traffic | | | | drunk driving. There are clips showing gruesome |
| authorities to restrict and impound drunk driving. | | | | drunken driving deaths interspersed with movies |
| Measures such as breathalyzers are adopted by | | | | and TV serials and true life accounts of |
| traffic police to detect whether a driver is drunk | | | | victims.The country has met with success in its |
| or not. A breathalyzer can ascertain the amount | | | | fight against drunken driving. The number of |
| of alcohol in the breath of a driver. Another factor | | | | fatalities is dwindling off with each passing year. |
| to determine the presence of alcohol in the body | | | | There is a 33% decrease in the number of |
| of a driver is the blood alcohol concentration | | | | deaths this year from the past year. However, |
| (BAC). A BAC level of more than 0.15 is | | | | there is still a lot of work to be done and several |
| considered unsafe for driving. There are other | | | | organizations are working together to drive the |
| crude means adopted in certain jurisdictions such | | | | bane of drunken driving into extinction. |
| as making the suspected driver to walk in straight | | | | |