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DRINKING AND DRIVING
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ALCOHOL WITH A PARTNER NEXT TO YOU: WRITE DOWN HOW ALCOHOL IMPAIRS YOUR MIND AND BODY WOULD THOSE IMPAIRMENTS HINDER OR BENEFIT YOU BEHIND A WHEEL OF A CAR?
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ALCOHOLS IMPAIRMENTS JUDGEMENT DEPTH PERCEPTION ALERTNESS COORDINATION MOOD SPEECH REACTION TIME HOW WOULD THESE IMPAIRMENTS EFFECT YOU WHEN DRIVING? SHOW OF HANDS
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DUI DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE IS THE ACT OF OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OVER THE STATE LIMIT. (BAC >.08) FIRST OFFENSE: 1 YEAR SUSPENDED LICENSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE CLASSES MORE THAN 1 OFFENSE: WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST ABILITIES OF THE LAW
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DWI DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OVER.08 IF A POLICE OFFICER SUSPECTS THAT YOU ARE INTOXICATED, YOU WILL AND CAN UNDERGO FIELD SOBRIETY TEST, BREATHALYZER TEST, AND/OR A BLOOD TEST IF GUILTY, OFTEN RESULTS IN JAIL TIME
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DRINKING AND DRIVING FACTS/STATISTICS 900,000 PEOPLE ARRESTED EACH YEAR REGARDING DUI/DWI APPROXIMATELY 36 PEOPLE DIE EACH DAY IN THE US DUE TO AN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVERS 32% OF FATAL CAR CRASHES INVOLVED AN INTOXICATED DRIVER OR PEDESTRIAN CAR CRASHES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN TEENS, WITH ¼ OF THEM BEING FROM DRUNK DRIVING IN 2012, 29.1 MILLION PEOPLE ADMITTED TO DRINKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHILE DRIVING
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FINAL THOUGHTS…. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR FRIEND WANTED TO DRIVE HOME AFTER A PARTY WHERE EVERYONE WAS DRINKING?
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