DUI, Drunk Driving Arrest Consequences

By David J. Stewart

"Their feet run to evil, and they make hast to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths." —Isaiah 59:7

       One out of three – Those are the odds you and every other American have of being involved in an alcohol related car crash sometime in your life.

Drunk driving accidents injure someone every two minutes; worse, every 30 minutes, they kill someone. Each one of those injuries and deaths is preventable; but, the consequences of drunk driving continue to worry us.

Over 97% of Americans view drunk driving as a threat to their lives and families. Unfortunately, most of us are aware of what can happen to the victims of drunk drivers.

But what are the consequences of drunk driving for the person behind the wheel? Assuming the alcohol impaired driver is still alive at the end of the night, he faces serious legal action and punishment.

Law enforcement officers will first determine the driver’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) through a breath, blood or urine test. A breathscan kit is usually the quickest way for police to take an accurate measure of the driver’s BAC.

If a drinking driver’s BAC is over the legal limit of 0.08, his driver’s license may be suspended or revoked for anywhere from a week to years. Vehicle sanctions may require the offender’s car include a specially marked license plate or even an interlock device that prevents the car from starting unless the driver passes a breathscan test. The car may even be impounded, confiscated, or sold.

A convicted drunk driver also faces fines (sometimes in the thousands of dollars), jail time, increased insurance costs, attorney fees, court costs, lost time from work, and other penalties that vary from state to state.

Zero tolerance laws are even tougher on underage drunk drivers. Young adults, under 21 years of age, can lose their license for a full year if they are found to have consumed even a small amount of alcohol. If a person under age 21 is tested and found to be over the legal limit of 0.08, he can be arrested, convicted of drunk driving and tried as an adult.

Though drunk drivers face punishments as serious as jail time, the consequences of their actions do not generally deter them from getting behind the wheel. One out of three of us will eventually get in their way.

Some ways to help:

• Don't drink and drive and don't let friends do it either.

• Become a designated driver.

• Become an advocate of breath alcohol testing. Ask bar owners, restaurants, clubs, schools and even employers to make a small investment in a coin operated breath analyzer. These simple to use and inexpensive devices may be the last chance for some people to decide whether or not to drive after drinking.

For one out of three of us, these could be life saving solutions.

These statistics show more consequences of drunk driving

SOURCE: Consequences of Drunk Driving

"As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool." —Proverb 26:1

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The above picture speaks 1,000 words. The beer industry hypocritically tells teens not to drink alcohol until they are 21, while those same companies saturate American culture with booze, booze, booze! Consequently, underaged drinking is an epidemic problem in America!

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Judges 13:4, “Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.”

1st Samuel 1:15, “And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.”

Proverb:20:1, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

Proverb 31:4, “It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink.”

Isaiah 5:22, “Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.”

Isaiah 24:9, “They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.”

Isaiah 28:7, “But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.”

"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." —Proverb 20:1

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