The United States of America is in a predicament in terms of on the road accidents. Throughout the years, the percentages of motor vehicle accidents have been on the rise. This problem has been brought up many times to the general public. Unfortunately very few people have given this problem the attention it needs, while most people just turn a blind eye to the situation at hand. A majority of the percentages are from accidents caused by driving under the influence. A research study has shown that “over 10,000 persons in the United States general population have were killed as a result of alcohol impaired driving crashes in 2010”. (Scheck, Hoffmann, Proctor, and Couilou, 2013). There are many programs from public health that tries to deal with
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With creating ways to prevent drunk driving in the United States there are set backs that come with it. A big set back is cost. The most effective way to help citizens from drunk driving accidents is through various strategies. By implementing different strategies for driving under the influence in the United States it is possible that the percentages of motor accidents will decrease. An effective strategy from the past is enforcing drunk driving laws in the United States. In a article is has stated that “n 1939, the State of Indiana first enacted a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit of less than 0.15. In 1983, Oregon and Utah lowered their BAC from 0.1 to 0.08. In a report to Congress in 1991, the NHTSA proposed lowering the BAC to 0.08, and the law limiting BAC was passed by Congress in the same year. In 1998, Congress established the National Mobile Incentive Grant Scheme to strictly enforce the BAC. In 2000, Congress encouraged states to implement BAC restrictions, stipulating that the states that failed to lower their BAC to 0.08 would lose a portion of their federal highway construction funding. By 2004, all states enacted a BAC limit of 0.08 (Ying,Wu, and Chang, 2013). With this passed down the reduction of fatalities has improved. In the article is had said that “ lowering the BAC from 0.10 to 0.08 reduced alcohol-related fatalities by 5% to 16%, saving approximately 400 lives per year”(2013). With …show more content…
There are other ways to prevent people from doing so. One-way to help prevent more driving under the influence is through a program called: DUII Intensive Supervision Program or DISP. Instead of using remedial interventions DISP does things differently. In the article DISP “The goals of the DISP are to change defendants’ thinking about the use of alcohol and drugs, and to initiate life changes that reduce recidivism, enhance community safety and increase the quality of life for the offenders. The DISP is described elsewhere [9]. Briefly, this 3-year program includes swift sanctions, treatment and close monitoring of offenders’ compliance with the probation conditions, an approach recommended by traffic safety experts
With creating ways to prevent drunk driving in the United States there are set backs that come with it. A big set back is cost. The most effective way to help citizens from drunk driving accidents is through various strategies. By implementing different strategies for driving under the influence in the United States it is possible that the percentages of motor accidents will decrease. An effective strategy from the past is enforcing drunk driving laws in the United States. In a article is has stated that “n 1939, the State of Indiana first enacted a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit of less than 0.15. In 1983, Oregon and Utah lowered their BAC from 0.1 to 0.08. In a report to Congress in 1991, the NHTSA proposed lowering the BAC to 0.08, and the law limiting BAC was passed by Congress in the same year. In 1998, Congress established the National Mobile Incentive Grant Scheme to strictly enforce the BAC. In 2000, Congress encouraged states to implement BAC restrictions, stipulating that the states that failed to lower their BAC to 0.08 would lose a portion of their federal highway construction funding. By 2004, all states enacted a BAC limit of 0.08 (Ying,Wu, and Chang, 2013). With this passed down the reduction of fatalities has improved. In the article is had said that “ lowering the BAC from 0.10 to 0.08 reduced alcohol-related fatalities by 5% to 16%, saving approximately 400 lives per year”(2013). With …show more content…
There are other ways to prevent people from doing so. One-way to help prevent more driving under the influence is through a program called: DUII Intensive Supervision Program or DISP. Instead of using remedial interventions DISP does things differently. In the article DISP “The goals of the DISP are to change defendants’ thinking about the use of alcohol and drugs, and to initiate life changes that reduce recidivism, enhance community safety and increase the quality of life for the offenders. The DISP is described elsewhere [9]. Briefly, this 3-year program includes swift sanctions, treatment and close monitoring of offenders’ compliance with the probation conditions, an approach recommended by traffic safety experts