How many cases are heard of drunk driving? Drinking and driving is associated with the consumption of alcohol and operating a motorized vehicle. Driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol is considered a primary contributor to road accident deaths. Around the world, driving under intoxication is prohibited. Consumption of alcohol impairs the judgment of an individual making the driver unfit for driving a motor vehicle or any other individual unfit to operate any form of machinery. When driving under the influence of alcohol, the driver lacks the ability to execute his or her driving skills. Alcohol interferes with the rational processes of the brain. Statistics from MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), a largely known campaign, with the
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The age logically correlates with the unregulated age to drink at that specific point in the person's life making drunk driving an abundant activity after a person's twenty-first birthday. Although specific ages are well known for drunk driving victims, there are always exceptions to the age population. There are many accidents occurring with underaged drinking. However, the greatest decrement is still around age twenty …show more content…
In early years, officers were often biased or swayed. They held the direct power of acquisition, of driving under the influence. In this time period, there were set standards and regulations to allow officers to gauge levels of intoxication. This problems stood until the early nineteenth century. In 1936, Dr. Harger, an Indiana University professor of toxicology and biochemistry, patented the drunkometer. The drunkometer would soon become a gateway tool for the future of drunk driving by creating the breathalyzer test. Invented by Robert Borkenstein, former police captain and professor (“History”). All that the suspect would have to do is blow into the breathalyzer tool, and it would measure the alcohol vapors in their breath. This was a significant jump made in the ability to “buckle down” on drunk driving. By the time drunk driving had become distinctly known and popular as an offense, Alabama became the last state to pass and execute laws and convictions for driving under the impairment of intoxication. Now every state has officers patrolling the roads, watching for any suspicion of drunk
The age logically correlates with the unregulated age to drink at that specific point in the person's life making drunk driving an abundant activity after a person's twenty-first birthday. Although specific ages are well known for drunk driving victims, there are always exceptions to the age population. There are many accidents occurring with underaged drinking. However, the greatest decrement is still around age twenty …show more content…
In early years, officers were often biased or swayed. They held the direct power of acquisition, of driving under the influence. In this time period, there were set standards and regulations to allow officers to gauge levels of intoxication. This problems stood until the early nineteenth century. In 1936, Dr. Harger, an Indiana University professor of toxicology and biochemistry, patented the drunkometer. The drunkometer would soon become a gateway tool for the future of drunk driving by creating the breathalyzer test. Invented by Robert Borkenstein, former police captain and professor (“History”). All that the suspect would have to do is blow into the breathalyzer tool, and it would measure the alcohol vapors in their breath. This was a significant jump made in the ability to “buckle down” on drunk driving. By the time drunk driving had become distinctly known and popular as an offense, Alabama became the last state to pass and execute laws and convictions for driving under the impairment of intoxication. Now every state has officers patrolling the roads, watching for any suspicion of drunk