The Immediate Risks of Drunk Driving Drinking alcohol can affect motor skills needed for driving, like quick reactions and good decision-making ability, as well as coordination skills necessary ...

The drunk driving system would not be an additional step to start the car; it would be part of a person’s regular driving process of sitting behind the wheel and turning on the ignition.

Letters to the Editor Anti-drunk-driving tech costs are negligible compared with the value of lives saved Published: Jul. 25, 2025, 1:53 p.m.

A fatal crash turned an extended family into activists against drunk driving. July 3, 2007 — -- For the people of rural Las Vegas, N.M., family is everything, and Paul and Renee Gonzalez ...

CNN reported in 2022 that more than 55% of people involved in serious driving accidents tested positive for drugs or alcohol. The victims of drunk and/or drug driving are not the only people impacted.

Nationally, 31% of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States involve drunk drivers. In 2021 alone, 13,384 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes.

UPDATED: February 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM EST Each year in Maryland, an average of about 170 individuals — men, women and children — lose their lives in drunk driving crashes.

A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that eight percent of Americans admit to drinking and driving at least once in the past year. That's about 17 million drivers.

Experts argue the U.S. drunk-driving limit is too high. By Dana G. Smith In late 2018, Utah lowered its drunk-driving limit from a B.A.C. (blood-alcohol content) of .08 to .05. A year after the ...