Reason 1

 

Solutions to drunk driving to the community and society

Drunk driving is an excellent example of both the need and the opportunity for prevention to be comprehensive. Clearly, laws against drunk driving, enforced by the police and adjudicated by the courts, must play a leading role in the effort to keep people from driving while drunk. But legal action alone cannot solve the problem. Many other strategies also have the potential to significantly reduce drunk driving. Together with the law, these strategies can have a major effect.

1.    Alcohol-Impaired Driving Laws

Alcohol-impaired driving laws make it illegal to drive with a BAC at or above a specified level (0.05% or 0.08%, depending on the state). For people under 21, zero tolerance laws make it illegal to drive with any measurable amount of alcohol in their systems. These laws, along with laws that maintain the minimum legal drinking age at 21, are in place in all 50 states and DC and have saved tens of thousands of lives.

 

2.    Sobriety Checkpoints

Publicized sobriety checkpoints allow police to briefly stop vehicles at specific, highly visible locations to check drivers for impairment. Police may stop all or a certain portion of drivers. Sobriety checkpoints should be well publicized (e.g., through mass media campaigns) and conducted regularly for greatest impact.

 

3.    High-Visibility Saturation Patrols

High-visibility saturation patrols consist of a large number of police patrolling a specific area, usually at times and locations where alcohol-impaired driving crashes are more common. Like sobriety checkpoints, these patrols should be well publicized and conducted regularly.

 

4.    Ignition Interlock

Ignition interlocks for all, including first-time, convicted offenders can be installed in vehicles to measure alcohol on drivers’ breath. Interlocks keep vehicles from starting if drivers have a BAC above a certain level, usually 0.02%. Interlocks are highly effective at preventing repeat offenses while installed. Incorporating alcohol problem assessment and treatment into interlock programs shows promise in reducing repeat offenses once interlocks are removed.

 

5.    Alcohol Problem Assessment and Treatment Programs

Alcohol problem assessment and treatment programs can be used for those arrested for alcohol-impaired driving. Treatment is most effective when combined with other sanctions and when offenders are closely monitored. Assessment and treatment are critical to the success of DWI courts, which are specialized courts focused on changing the behavior of alcohol-impaired driving offenders.

 

6.    Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions

Alcohol screening and brief interventions take advantage of “teachable moments” and can be delivered in health care, university, and other settings to identify people at risk for alcohol problems and get them treatment as needed.

 

7.    Multi-component Interventions

Multi-component interventions combine several programs or policies to prevent alcohol-impaired driving. The key to these comprehensive efforts is community mobilization, which involves coalitions or task forces in design and implementation.

 

8.    School-based Instructional Programs

School-based instructional programs are effective at teaching teens not to ride with alcohol-impaired drivers.

 

IMPORTANCE OF DRUNK DRIVER CASE KNOWLEDGE

Driving in alcohol influence is a serious crime. Drinking and driving is sometimes called driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI), and involves operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content (BAC) level of at least 0.08 percent.Even the low consuming of alcohol may be lead to dangerous situation.Therefore the people must be aware of this habit and importance the drunk driver knowledge.

1.     DANGER OF DRIVING WHILE DRUNK

 Any amount of alcohol in your bloodstream can impact your driving ability. The effects of alcohol abuse vary greatly, putting you at risk for causing an accident or highway injury. Safe driving requires the ability to concentrate, make good judgements and quickly react to situations. However, alcohol affects these skills such as slow rection time,lack of coordination,reduce concentration and decrease vision.

2.     WHO IS EXPOSED TO DANGER

The victims of the drunk driver varies for all ages,road user and pedestrian.Most of the victims died at the scenes,completely paralyzed and some of them in coma state.

 

3.     TO PROTECT OTHERS

With the knowledge of the drunk driver accidents that occur we can think and create a countermeasure for this accident from affecting our society and cause many casualties involving citizen and road user.We also can protect citizens and reduced the number of casualties occur during accident.

 

4.     PROTECT OURSELVES

Society has done much to improve highway safety. However, we must learn to protect ourselves. The most important thing that we can do is prevent yourself from driving in influence of alcohol because it dangerous and illegal.We must prevent from  ride with anyone who has too much to drink. Remember, drunk drivers usually kill themselves and their passengers